stestansfield'S MOCK DRAFT

stestansfield'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 12, 2026

Bucs draft LD heir

stestansfield DRAFTING FOR THE
Buccaneers

PICK: 15 RND: 1 (TB)

Mansoor Delane

CB LSU

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PICK: 46 RND: 2 (TB)

CJ Allen

LB Georgia

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PICK: 77 RND: 3 (TB)

Jake Golday

OLB Cincinnati

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PICK: 116 RND: 4 (TB)

Bishop Fitzgerald

S USC

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PICK: 153 RND: 5 (TB)

Zane Durant

DT Penn State

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PICK: 193 RND: 6 (TB)

Eric O'Neill

DE-EDGE Rutgers

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PICK: 229 RND: 7 (TB)

Cole Payton

QB North Dakota State

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Overall B

ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-

The Buccaneers won the night they stopped Payton from sliding. Grade: B.

The Buccaneers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Cole Payton fell into the Round 7 slot. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The O'Neill reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped offensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick15 Rnd1 Mansoor Delane

In slot 15 they get an island corner at a price that makes it sweeter.

Pick46 Rnd2 CJ Allen

A quiet steal in No. 46: CJ Allen for less than the market said. It adds depth where they could use a little.

Pick77 Rnd3 Jake Golday

The board had Jake Golday higher than the Round 3 slot, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. A need, and now a little less of one.

Pick116 Rnd4 Bishop Fitzgerald

Bishop Fitzgerald at the 116th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.

Pick153 Rnd5 Zane Durant

They liked Zane Durant enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 5, Pick 15. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.

Pick193 Rnd6 Eric O'Neill