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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (TB)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (TB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Nick Gargiulo Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (TB)
Nick Gargiulo
C South Carolina
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Buccaneers for Schrader: B.

The board owed the Buccaneers one, and it paid up: Cody Schrader, the No. 174 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 220 like a gift left on the doorstep. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

They are betting Gargiulo proves the room right and everyone else wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Offensive lineman was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 JC Latham
A tidy bit of business in the 26th pick, where JC Latham graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick57 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at pick 57 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in Round 3, Pick 26 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick92 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brenden Rice. It fills a real need, too.
Pick125 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Steal is underselling it; Khyree Jackson at pick No. 125 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick220 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
Circle this one: Cody Schrader at No. 220 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick246 Rnd7 Nick Gargiulo
They reached a country mile for Nick Gargiulo at slot 246, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.