51'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • 51 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 31 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: 63 RND: 2 (TB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (TB)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (TB)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (TB)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (TB)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (TB)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (TB)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (TB)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (TB)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (TB)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (SF)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (SF)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (SF)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 132 RND: 4 (SF)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (SF)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (SF)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (SF)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
EDGE
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Logan Hall
DT
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Luke Haggard
OT
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall F
ValueC NeedB TradesF FutureC
A weekend the Buccaneers spent ahead of the board, for worse: F.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with DeMonte Capehart at the 249th pick, a reach of 49 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. The board sounded every alarm, and the F is the fallout.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Jones. Interior defensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

There is no spinning it; the board won this weekend going away.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In No. 31 they get an anchor for the offensive line, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
A reach for Cooper Beebe in the 58th overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick63 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A clean, defensible pick in slot 63 with a little surplus value in Edgerrin Cooper. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick89 Rnd3 Roman Wilson
They read the board right and Roman Wilson was the payoff at the 89th pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick94 Rnd3 James Williams
James Williams at the Round 3 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick98 Rnd3 Jalyx Hunt
They talked themselves into Jalyx Hunt at pick 98, and the board did not agree. Not a spot anyone had flagged, which makes it a head-scratcher.
Pick127 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
A tidy little value on Kris Abrams-Draine in pick No. 127, a step better than break-even. It fills a real need, too.
Pick132 Rnd4 Khristian Boyd
This one needs a full-page explanation: Khristian Boyd in the 132nd overall pick, miles early. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick204 Rnd6 Jawhar Jordan
Jawhar Jordan at No. 204 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick209 Rnd6 Brevyn Spann-Ford
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Brevyn Spann-Ford well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick244 Rnd7 Christian Jones
The board fumbled Christian Jones all the way to slot 244, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 DeMonte Capehart
A real head-scratcher, DeMonte Capehart in Round 7, Pick 29 is miles ahead of his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick255 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
A tidy bit of business in the 255th pick, where Taulia Tagovailoa graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.