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Draft Selections
Cayden Green Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (TB)
Cayden Green
OT Missouri
Trevor Lauck Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (TB)
Trevor Lauck
OT Iowa
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (TB)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Reed Harris Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TB)
Reed Harris
WR Arizona State
Terrance Carter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Terrance Carter Jr.
TE Texas Tech
Jayden Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (TB)
Jayden Jackson
DT Oklahoma
A.J. Harris Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (TB)
A.J. Harris
CB Indiana
Tao Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (TB)
Tao Johnson
S UCLA
Draft Picks Received
Cayden Green Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DAL)
Cayden Green
OT Missouri
Terrance Carter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (DAL)
Terrance Carter Jr.
TE Texas Tech
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2028)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2028)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Dante Moore Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (DAL)
Dante Moore
QB Oregon
Players Gained
Head Shot
Joey Porter Jr.
CB
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall A-
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA- FutureA
Harris should have been long gone. The Buccaneers pounced, and earned a A-.

Thirty-one other rooms let A.J. Harris slide, and the Buccaneers were the ones holding the card at Round 6, Pick 11. Highway robbery. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Adding Joey Porter Jr. by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

Job largely done: interior defensive lineman settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Cayden Green
In slot 20 they get protection for the quarterback at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Trevor Lauck
A tidy bit of business in the Round 2 slot, where Trevor Lauck graded well above the range. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick71 Rnd3 Kade Pieper
Kade Pieper in the 71st overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick107 Rnd4 Reed Harris
Nothing to complain about; Reed Harris went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick125 Rnd4 Terrance Carter Jr.
Terrance Carter Jr. slid further than he should have, and No. 125 is lovely value for the tight end. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick142 Rnd5 Jayden Jackson
No drama and no debate, Jayden Jackson went about where he belonged in pick 142. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick189 Rnd6 A.J. Harris
The board fumbled A.J. Harris all the way to pick No. 189, and they scooped it up. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick230 Rnd7 Tao Johnson
They robbed the room for Tao Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.