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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (TB)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (TB)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (TB)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (TB)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Hunter Nourzad Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Hunter Nourzad
C Penn State
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (TB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (TB)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (TB)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (TB)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (TB)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Picks Received
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (LAC)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (NE)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Ja'Tavion Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (BUF)
Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE Texas
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (LAC)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Players Gained
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Bailey Zappe
QB
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B+
ValueA- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Buccaneers let Schrader fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Cody Schrader tumbling to the Buccaneers in the 220th pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

Murphy has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with offensive lineman chief among the fixes.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick34 Rnd2 JC Latham
Steal is underselling it; JC Latham at the 34th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick60 Rnd2 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. in the 60th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick68 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at Round 3, Pick 4 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
Somehow Jeremiah Trotter Jr. was still sitting there in pick 89, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick92 Rnd3 DJ James
A cornerback of that caliber at slot 92 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick125 Rnd4 Hunter Nourzad
Hunter Nourzad in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick134 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at No. 134 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick137 Rnd5 Grayson Murphy
Grayson Murphy at pick No. 137 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick144 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
A straight-up fair deal on Luke McCaffrey at the Round 5 slot, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick220 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
Cody Schrader in pick 220 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The roster fit checks out.
Pick231 Rnd7 Drake Nugent
Drake Nugent at the 231st pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick253 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
The board fumbled Frank Gore Jr. all the way to No. 253, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.