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Trevor Goosby Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (TB)
Trevor Goosby
OT Texas
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (TB)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Trey'Dez Green Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (TB)
Trey'Dez Green
TE LSU
A'Mauri Washington Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (TB)
A'Mauri Washington
DT Oregon
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (TB)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Jelani McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (TB)
Jelani McDonald
S Texas
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Dylan Raiola Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TB)
Dylan Raiola
QB Oregon
Kam Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (TB)
Kam Robinson
LB Virginia
Jayden Bellamy Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TB)
Jayden Bellamy
CB UCF
Tunmise Adeleye Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (TB)
Tunmise Adeleye
DE-EDGE Syracuse
Draft Picks Received
Trevor Goosby Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Trevor Goosby
OT Texas
Trey'Dez Green Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Trey'Dez Green
TE LSU
A'Mauri Washington Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (LV)
A'Mauri Washington
DT Oregon
Jelani McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Jelani McDonald
S Texas
Nyck Harbor Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (NYG)
Nyck Harbor
WR South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2028)
 
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB+ FutureC
The Buccaneers kept it disciplined and banked a B.

The Buccaneers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 7, Pick 2 on Tunmise Adeleye a full 44 spots early.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Washington. It is not that McDonald is a bad player; it is that the Buccaneers had louder needs to answer first. For all the activity, running back went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Trevor Goosby
In No. 13 they get a blindside protector. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick34 Rnd2 Will Echoles
They robbed the room for Will Echoles here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick40 Rnd2 Trey'Dez Green
You do not let a tight end like Trey'Dez Green reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick54 Rnd2 A'Mauri Washington
Taking A'Mauri Washington in the 54th pick is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick65 Rnd3 Kade Pieper
Kade Pieper in the 65th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick71 Rnd3 Jelani McDonald
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending slot 71 on Jelani McDonald with running back unsolved.
Pick89 Rnd3 Nyck Harbor
A curious use of the Round 3 slot. Running back needed the pick; a wide receiver in Nyck Harbor did not.
Pick107 Rnd4 Dylan Raiola
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Dylan Raiola adds a quarterback and leaves running back untouched.
Pick141 Rnd5 Kam Robinson
They took Kam Robinson at par in pick No. 141, which is nothing to complain about. A fine player at a spot low on the priority list.
Pick184 Rnd6 Jayden Bellamy
The board had Jayden Bellamy higher than Round 6, Pick 3, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick221 Rnd7 Tunmise Adeleye
A real head-scratcher, Tunmise Adeleye in slot 221 is miles ahead of his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.