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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (TB)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (TB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (TB)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (TB)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (TB)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (TB)
Luke McCaffrey
QB Rice
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (TB)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (TB)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Donovan Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (TB)
Donovan Jennings
OT USF
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (TB)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (TB)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Jayson Jones Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (TB)
Jayson Jones
DL Auburn
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (DEN)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Luke McCaffrey
QB Rice
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DEN)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (BUF)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Jayson Jones Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Jayson Jones
DL Auburn
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BUF)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Keaontay Ingram
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
EDGE
Head Shot
Matt Feiler
OG
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall F
ValueC NeedB TradesF FutureC
The Capehart reach set a tone the Buccaneers could not shake: F.

The Buccaneers bet big and early on DeMonte Capehart, 71 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. There is no dressing it up: a F.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The Hunt pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

The Sainristil steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left edge rusher open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 28th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick58 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
Cooper Beebe in slot 58 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick66 Rnd3 Edgerrin Cooper
They read the board right and Edgerrin Cooper was the payoff at pick No. 66. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick89 Rnd3 James Williams
A swing that ignored the value entirely, James Williams well ahead of where he belonged. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick99 Rnd3 Jalyx Hunt
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Jalyx Hunt at S-EDGE with edge rusher open.
Pick113 Rnd4 Mike Sainristil
Circle this one: Mike Sainristil at No. 113 is a fall that decides a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick126 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ainias Smith in pick 126. It fills a real need, too.
Pick128 Rnd4 Luke McCaffrey
A conviction pick on Luke McCaffrey at slot 128 that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick149 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
By-the-book stuff, Theo Johnson at Round 5, Pick 13 squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick204 Rnd6 DeMonte Capehart
They reached a country mile for DeMonte Capehart at No. 204, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick220 Rnd6 Jawhar Jordan
The board had Jawhar Jordan higher than the Round 6 slot, and the running back fell to them anyway. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick247 Rnd7 Donovan Jennings
No drama and no debate, Donovan Jennings went about where he belonged in the 247th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Taulia Tagovailoa at pick No. 249 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick255 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern in the 255th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick256 Rnd7 Jayson Jones
A wild overpay on Jayson Jones in Round 7, Pick 36, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.