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stestansfield'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAY 2, 2025

Rookie Mini Camp Bucs Mock Draft

  • stestansfield DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (TB)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Michael Taaffe Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (TB)
Michael Taaffe
S Texas
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (TB)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Tyreak Sapp Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (TB)
Tyreak Sapp
DE-EDGE Florida
Malik Hartford Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (TB)
Malik Hartford
S Ohio State
Tony Grimes Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (TB)
Tony Grimes
CB Purdue
Turner Corcoran Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (TB)
Turner Corcoran
OT Nebraska
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Buccaneers a B-.

The Buccaneers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending No. 122 on Tyreak Sapp a full 99 spots early.

They banked enough surplus on Taaffe to cover a lot of smaller sins. The tight end spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Job largely done: interior defensive lineman settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Anthony Hill Jr.
In pick No. 22 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
Pick54 Rnd2 Michael Taaffe
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Michael Taaffe at the Round 2 slot is the proof. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick86 Rnd3 DeMonte Capehart
DeMonte Capehart in Round 3, Pick 22 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick122 Rnd4 Tyreak Sapp
They reached into another round for Tyreak Sapp, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick161 Rnd5 Malik Hartford
The board had Malik Hartford higher than the 161st overall pick, and the safety fell to them anyway. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick200 Rnd6 Tony Grimes
Tony Grimes at the 200th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick235 Rnd7 Turner Corcoran
A wild overpay on Turner Corcoran in the 235th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.