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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (TB)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (TB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (TB)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (TB)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (TB)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (TB)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (TB)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (TB)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (SF)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Javon Foster Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (SF)
Javon Foster
OT Missouri
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (SF)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (SF)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Players traded away
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Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
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Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall D-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Buccaneers lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story.

The Buccaneers put a flag in the ground for Taulia Tagovailoa, 41 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. Spending an early pick on S-EDGE with interior defensive lineman open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Vaki.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, interior defensive lineman very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 26th overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick57 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Payton Wilson. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick89 Rnd3 Kris Abrams-Draine
A tidy little value on Kris Abrams-Draine in the 89th pick, a step better than break-even. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick92 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at pick 92 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick94 Rnd3 Isaac Guerendo
This one needs a full-page explanation: Isaac Guerendo in slot 94, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick124 Rnd4 Mason McCormick
Mason McCormick in pick No. 124 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jalyx Hunt
They bypassed pressing needs at interior defensive lineman to take Jalyx Hunt, a S-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick131 Rnd4 Javon Foster
A quiet steal in slot 131: Javon Foster for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick133 Rnd4 Khristian Boyd
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Khristian Boyd well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick176 Rnd6 Sione Vaki
Sione Vaki in the 176th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick220 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
Jared Wiley is a better player than Round 6, Pick 45 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick246 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Taulia Tagovailoa at the Round 7 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The roster fit checks out.