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2025 Bucs Draft

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Draft Selections
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (TB)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (TB)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (TB)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (TB)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (TB)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (TB)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Buccaneers cashed the board's mistake on Johnson: C+.

Somebody in Round 4, Pick 23 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Buccaneers sat still while Tez Johnson, the No. 94 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

Ivey has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through offensive lineman.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Benjamin Morrison
In pick No. 21 they get a potential shutdown corner, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
Pick52 Rnd2 Jared Ivey
Value said wait; Jared Ivey in slot 52 says they were not listening. It fills a real need, too.
Pick83 Rnd3 Barrett Carter
No edge and no loss on Barrett Carter in No. 83; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick124 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
Circle this one: Tez Johnson at the 124th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick157 Rnd5 Zane Durant
A reach for Zane Durant in pick 157; a little patience would have been rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick236 Rnd7 Jake Briningstool
The board fumbled Jake Briningstool all the way to the 236th overall pick, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.