TDBUCS'S MOCK DRAFT
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TDBUCS'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 22, 2025

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2025-12

  • TDBUCS DRAFTING FOR THE
    Buccaneers
Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (TB)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (TB)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (TB)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 84 RND: 3 (TB)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (TB)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (TB)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (TB)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (TB)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (TB)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (TB)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Micah Morris Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (TB)
Micah Morris
OG Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (PIT)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (CLE)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (HOU)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (PIT)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Draft Picks Traded
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (PIT)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedC+ TradesA- FutureB-
Skattebo should have been long gone. The Buccaneers pounced, and earned a B.

The board owed the Buccaneers one, and it paid up: Cam Skattebo, the No. 110 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 7 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The Morris reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

With interior defensive lineman, cornerback and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In slot 25 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece. Need was not the driver here.
Pick53 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
A curious use of No. 53. Interior defensive lineman, cornerback and other spots needed the pick; a linebacker in Jihaad Campbell did not.
Pick83 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Dylan Sampson at pick 83 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick84 Rnd3 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore at the 84th pick is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick94 Rnd3 Tez Johnson
They took Tez Johnson at par in Round 3, Pick 30, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick102 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Jake Majors slipping to the Round 4 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick119 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
They will replay Mason Taylor at pick No. 119 for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick156 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
A linebacker of that caliber at the 156th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick165 Rnd5 Jeffrey Bassa
They robbed the room for Jeffrey Bassa here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick223 Rnd7 Cam Skattebo
They barely believed it either: Cam Skattebo still on the board at the 223rd pick. It fills a real need, too.
Pick235 Rnd7 Micah Morris
Micah Morris at the Round 7 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.