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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (TB)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (TB)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (TB)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (TB)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Dontay Corleone Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (TB)
Dontay Corleone
DT Cincinnati
Tyreak Sapp Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (TB)
Tyreak Sapp
DE-EDGE Florida
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (TB)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (TB)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (TB)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Joey Slackman Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (TB)
Joey Slackman
DL Florida
Graham Mertz Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (TB)
Graham Mertz
QB Florida
Draft Picks Received
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (HOU)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (BUF)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (CIN)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Tyreak Sapp Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (BUF)
Tyreak Sapp
DE-EDGE Florida
Trey Moore Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (HOU)
Trey Moore
LB-EDGE Texas
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CIN)
Donovan Jackson
OG Ohio State
Graham Mertz Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (HOU)
Graham Mertz
QB Florida
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (BUF)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB FutureB
Good, not great, for the Buccaneers: B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Tyreak Sapp at slot 119 is 139 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

The Mukuba steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
Steal is underselling it; Nick Emmanwori at the Round 1 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick46 Rnd2 Will Johnson
Will Johnson slipping to Round 2, Pick 14 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick57 Rnd2 Harold Fannin Jr.
Circle this one: Harold Fannin Jr. at pick No. 57 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick81 Rnd3 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon at pick 81 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick112 Rnd4 Harold Perkins Jr.
No drama and no debate, Harold Perkins Jr. went about where he belonged in the 112th overall pick. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick117 Rnd4 Dontay Corleone
A tidy bit of business in No. 117, where Dontay Corleone graded well above the range. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick119 Rnd4 Tyreak Sapp
They reached a country mile for Tyreak Sapp at pick 119, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick130 Rnd4 Trey Moore
Trey Moore at No. 130 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
Pick149 Rnd5 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in the 149th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick153 Rnd5 Andrew Mukuba
Andrew Mukuba at the 153rd pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick233 Rnd7 Joey Slackman
Joey Slackman at slot 233 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick246 Rnd7 Graham Mertz
They left a pile of value on the table to take Graham Mertz this early at Round 7, Pick 32. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.