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Draft Selections
Landon Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (TB)
Landon Jackson
DL-EDGE Arkansas
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (TB)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (TB)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (TB)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (TB)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (TB)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Draft Picks Received
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 123 RND: 4 (GB)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (GB)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players Gained
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Jaire Alexander
CB
Players traded away
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Jamel Dean
CB
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureD+
The Buccaneers let Mondon Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: C+.

The board owed the Buccaneers one, and it paid up: Smael Mondon Jr., the No. 110 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 5 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. The cost of the Hairston reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The Jaire Alexander pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Hit on Landon Jackson and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Landon Jackson
In pick No. 19 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick58 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
This one needs a full-page explanation: Maxwell Hairston in slot 58, miles early. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick84 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Isaiah Bond in No. 84, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick123 Rnd4 Emery Jones Jr.
No edge and no loss on Emery Jones Jr. in the Round 4 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick158 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Somehow Smael Mondon Jr. was still sitting there in pick 158, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick237 Rnd7 Clay Webb
Clay Webb in the 237th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.