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Draft Selections
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (TB)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (TB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (TB)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (TB)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (TB)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
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
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (TB)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (BAL)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (BAL)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Draft Picks Traded
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BAL)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB+ FutureB-
The Buccaneers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

Nobody had AJ Barner this high, and it is not close. The Buccaneers reached 46 spots to get him at the 125th pick.

Braswell at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same. The roster is better shaped than it was, with interior defensive lineman chief among the fixes.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick32 Rnd1 Kool-Aid McKinstry
In pick 32 they get a press-man option on the boundary at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
A tidy bit of business in the Round 2 slot, where Chris Braswell graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick89 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
A reach for Zak Zinter in Round 3, Pick 26; a little patience would have been rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick92 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
No edge and no loss on Brenden Rice in No. 92; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick93 Rnd3 Braelon Allen
A reach on Braelon Allen in the 93rd pick; the board had better options right there. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick95 Rnd3 Maason Smith
The board had cheaper options than Maason Smith at slot 95, and it noticed. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick113 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
They took Cedric Gray at par in Round 4, Pick 13, which is nothing to complain about. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick125 Rnd4 AJ Barner
A real head-scratcher, AJ Barner in the Round 4 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick159 Rnd5 Jordan Travis
A conviction pick on Jordan Travis at pick No. 159 that the board grades a round light. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick220 Rnd6 Solomon Byrd
They left a pile of value on the table to take Solomon Byrd this early at the 220th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick246 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Trey Taylor. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.