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Draft Selections
Cayden Green Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (TB)
Cayden Green
OT Missouri
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (TB)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (TB)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (TB)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Reed Harris Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (TB)
Reed Harris
WR Arizona State
Raylen Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TB)
Raylen Wilson
LB Georgia
Dylan Raiola Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (TB)
Dylan Raiola
QB Oregon
Jaylen McClain Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (TB)
Jaylen McClain
S Ohio State
DJ McKinney Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (TB)
DJ McKinney
CB Notre Dame
Walker Lyons Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (TB)
Walker Lyons
TE USC
Amaris Williams Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (TB)
Amaris Williams
DE-EDGE Georgia
Kayin Lee Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (TB)
Kayin Lee
CB Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Cayden Green Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Cayden Green
OT Missouri
Kade Pieper Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kade Pieper
OG Iowa
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (PIT)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Reed Harris Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (PIT)
Reed Harris
WR Arizona State
Dylan Raiola Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (DAL)
Dylan Raiola
QB Oregon
Jaylen McClain Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (LAR)
Jaylen McClain
S Ohio State
Walker Lyons Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (LAR)
Walker Lyons
TE USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2028)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LAR)
NEXT YEAR (2028)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (LAR)
NEXT YEAR (2028)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Arch Manning Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Arch Manning
QB Texas
A'Mauri Washington Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (PIT)
A'Mauri Washington
DT Oregon
Players Gained
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Blake Cashman
LB
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Poona Ford
DT
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
The Buccaneers turned the phones into found money: A-.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Buccaneers did exactly that with Amaris Williams in pick 182.

The Lee steal is the beam this whole class leans on. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want.

With running back unsolved, spending premium capital on wide receiver is the choice that costs them.

Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Cayden Green
In pick 14 they get a long-term starter on the line. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Will Echoles
Taking Will Echoles in No. 34 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick62 Rnd2 Kade Pieper
Value with a capital V on Kade Pieper in pick No. 62, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick74 Rnd3 Bear Alexander
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Bear Alexander at the 74th pick is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick75 Rnd3 Reed Harris
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 11. Running back needed the pick; a wide receiver in Reed Harris did not.
Pick106 Rnd4 Raylen Wilson
They bypassed pressing needs at running back to take Raylen Wilson, a linebacker that was not the priority.
Pick111 Rnd4 Dylan Raiola
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Dylan Raiola at quarterback with running back open.
Pick122 Rnd4 Jaylen McClain
A want over a need in the 122nd pick: Jaylen McClain adds a safety while running back keeps waiting.
Pick141 Rnd5 DJ McKinney
A tidy little value on DJ McKinney in slot 141, a step better than break-even. It does not line up with the team's obvious holes.
Pick157 Rnd5 Walker Lyons
Walker Lyons at Round 5, Pick 20 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick182 Rnd6 Amaris Williams
Amaris Williams in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick223 Rnd7 Kayin Lee
They will replay Kayin Lee at pick 223 for years; that is how good the value is. A fine player at a spot low on the priority list.