TDBUCS'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (TB)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (TB)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (TB)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (TB)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (TB)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (TB)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Solomon Byrd Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
Solomon Byrd
DE-EDGE USC
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (TB)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (BAL)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (BAL)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Draft Picks Traded
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BAL)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB+ FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Buccaneers.

The Buccaneers bet big and early on Tanor Bortolini, 62 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

Getting Sweat where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

They left with interior defensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Keon Coleman
In slot 32 they get a No. 1 receiver, reach and all. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They read the board right and T'Vondre Sweat was the payoff at pick No. 57. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick89 Rnd3 Trey Benson
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick92 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
By-the-book stuff, Christian Mahogany at pick 92 squarely in line with his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick93 Rnd3 Cedric Gray
A real head-scratcher, Cedric Gray in the 93rd pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick95 Rnd3 Ben Sinnott
Value said wait; Ben Sinnott in the Round 3 slot says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick113 Rnd4 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson at slot 113 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick125 Rnd4 Tanor Bortolini
They reached a country mile for Tanor Bortolini at pick 125, and the board is aghast. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick159 Rnd5 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis at No. 159 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick220 Rnd6 Solomon Byrd
A big swing on Solomon Byrd at pick No. 220, well ahead of any board in the building. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick246 Rnd7 Trevin Wallace
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Trevin Wallace at Round 7, Pick 26 is the proof. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.