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stestansfield'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JUN 1, 2025

Bucs repplace Jamel Dean with A.J Harris

  • stestansfield DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
A.J. Harris Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (TB)
A.J. Harris
CB Penn State
Denzel Boston Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (TB)
Denzel Boston
WR Washington
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (TB)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (TB)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Lawson Luckie Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (TB)
Lawson Luckie
TE Georgia
Malachi Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (TB)
Malachi Nelson
QB UTEP
Draft Picks Received
A.J. Harris Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (DET)
A.J. Harris
CB Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (GB)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (DET)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (DET)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
Cameron Calhoun Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (GB)
Cameron Calhoun
CB Utah
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jaire Alexander
CB
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Buccaneers won the night they stopped Nelson from sliding. Grade: B+.

The Buccaneers spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Malachi Nelson, the No. 166 name on the board, in pick No. 235.

They are betting Payton proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick27 Rnd1 A.J. Harris
In the 27th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner. A real need, handled.
Pick54 Rnd2 Denzel Boston
Circle this one: Denzel Boston at pick 54 is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
Pick86 Rnd3 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at the 86th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick122 Rnd4 Patrick Payton
They reached a country mile for Patrick Payton at slot 122, and the board is aghast. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick200 Rnd6 Lawson Luckie
They paid sticker price for Lawson Luckie in Round 6, Pick 24, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick235 Rnd7 Malachi Nelson
Taking Malachi Nelson in No. 235 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.