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Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (TB)
Princely Umanmielen
DE Ole Miss
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (TB)
James Pearce Jr.
DE Tennessee
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (TB)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (TB)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (TB)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
David Walker Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (TB)
David Walker
LB Central Arkansas
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Buccaneers.

There is reaching, and then there is Davison Igbinosun at the 117th overall pick. The Buccaneers jumped the board by 108 and dared it to prove them wrong. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

That Walker pick is the receipt they will wave around later. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with tight end the one that mattered most. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In No. 16 they get a problem off the edge. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick50 Rnd2 James Pearce Jr.
James Pearce Jr. in the 50th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick81 Rnd3 Gunnar Helm
They did well to land Gunnar Helm in pick 81, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick117 Rnd4 Davison Igbinosun
Davison Igbinosun at slot 117 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick155 Rnd5 Brady Cook
Brady Cook at the 155th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The roster fit checks out.
Pick232 Rnd7 David Walker
Somehow David Walker was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.