2024'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (TB)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (TB)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (TB)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Zakhari Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (TB)
Zakhari Franklin
WR Mississippi
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (TB)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Buccaneers robbed the room for Wilson. Final grade: B-.

When a board-topper like Payton Wilson slides to pick No. 89, you do not overthink it, and the Buccaneers did not. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Sinnott reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In the 26th pick they get a ballhawk on the outside, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Calen Bullock
Calen Bullock slid further than he should have, and the 58th overall pick is lovely value for the safety. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick89 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
A linebacker of that caliber at No. 89 is the definition of value, full stop. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick127 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at pick No. 127 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick204 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
No edge and no loss on Jared Wiley in the Round 6 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick244 Rnd7 Zakhari Franklin
They let Zakhari Franklin come to them and pounced at pick 244. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick255 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus at slot 255 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.