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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (TB)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (TB)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (TB)
David Walker
LB-EDGE Central Arkansas
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (TB)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (TB)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Buccaneers, and a B- to prove it.

The Buccaneers clearly saw something nobody else did in Dont'e Thornton Jr., taking him 26 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The Watts value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In No. 19 they get a potential shutdown corner. A real need, handled.
Pick53 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
They read the board right and Xavier Watts was the payoff at pick No. 53. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick84 Rnd3 David Walker
David Walker at the 84th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick121 Rnd4 Oluwafemi Oladejo
Oluwafemi Oladejo at pick 121 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick157 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 157th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.