51'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • 51 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (TB)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (TB)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (TB)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (TB)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (TB)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (TB)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (TB)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (TB)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (TB)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (TB)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (GB)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Roman Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Roman Wilson
WR Michigan
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (GB)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (GB)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Draft Picks Traded
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (GB)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players traded away
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Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
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Logan Hall
DT
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Luke Haggard
OT
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall F
ValueC NeedB TradesF FutureC
The Buccaneers reached for Hunt and never recovered. Grade: F.

Some picks age like wine; Jalyx Hunt at the 89th pick will need to, sitting 44 spots clear of his grade. It bottoms out at a F.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

The Hunt pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher and quarterback. Clark at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

In the end, a class that has to defy its grades just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick41 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson at slot 41 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick57 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson in Round 2, Pick 25 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick58 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
They went early on Cooper Beebe in pick No. 58, and the value did not follow. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick88 Rnd3 Roman Wilson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Roman Wilson at No. 88 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jalyx Hunt
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Jalyx Hunt adds a S-EDGE and leaves edge rusher and quarterback untouched.
Pick91 Rnd3 James Williams
A wild overpay on James Williams in the 91st overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick126 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
A clean, defensible pick in slot 126 with a little surplus value in Kris Abrams-Draine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick127 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Braelon Allen. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick204 Rnd6 Brevyn Spann-Ford
Brevyn Spann-Ford at the Round 6 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick243 Rnd7 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark at pick 243 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick244 Rnd7 Isaac Guerendo
Isaac Guerendo at the 244th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick251 Rnd7 Dwight McGlothern
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dwight McGlothern in the 251st overall pick, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick255 Rnd7 DeMonte Capehart
They left a pile of value on the table to take DeMonte Capehart this early at Round 7, Pick 35. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.