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TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS TEAM NEEDS
Most recent team needs update: April 16

Starter Need High (P1, P2)
EDGE

Starter Need Medium (P3)
TE
CB

Mid Round Fill High (P5)
RB
WRS
OT
OG
DL3T
DL5T
OLB
SFTY

Depth Fill (P4)
WR
NT
ILB
CBN

Late Round Fill (P6)
QB
OC

Minimal Need (P9)


BUCS PICKS/COMMENTS MOST RECENT MOCK
Results from Consensus Mock Draft: 2025 Mock Draft #28
Most recent mock draft update: 4/22/25

R1
19
Tampa Bay
Donovan Ezeiruaku
Boston College
EDGE
Reach/Value:
-4
Height:
6'2"
Weight:
248
Donovan Ezeiruaku NFL Draft photo
Many mock drafts out there in the mock-verse have the Bucs drafting LB Jihaad Campbell. Comments typically state that the team must find a replacement for long-time star Lavonte David. This is lazy mocking by generalist analysts who are not Bucs-centric.

Yes, the team will need linebacker help in the post-David era (presumably 2026 and beyond) and the LB crew is a team weakness for 2025, but IMO a Jihaad Campbell selction is unlikely for two reasons. First, LBs are not generally viewed as first round draft material - their skill set is best obtained in RD3 and below. Second, Campbell's recent surgery render's his availability for the 2025 season a question mark.

Jason Licht has GM'ed the Bucs since 2014 and we can glean some insight into his draft strategy based on his historical drafts:
  • Licht has been great at drafting players in the secondary, with few failure and multiple successes. He prefers to find secondary players on Day 2. Only once did Licht draft a CB in RD1 - back in 2016 with Vernon Hargreaves - one of his few flops.
  • Licht successfully drafts WRs on Day 2 of the Draft. Future HOFer Mike Evans in 2014 represents the only RD1 WR pick.
  • Licht's Bucs have an abysmal success rate in finding EDGE help in the draft, yet they mightily keep trying. Yaya Diaby in 2023 might actually be the best in his (Licht's) era.
Given the Bucs' biggest needs in this Draft - primarily LB, EDGE, CB, S and secondarily IDL and WR - I think EDGE is where Licht will go, despite past failures in drafting EDGE players, with Donovan Ezeiraku and Nic Scourton taking precedence over the sackless phenom Shemar Stewart and the enigmatic James Pearce. A darkhorse (non-EDGE) pick will be WR Tetairoa McMillan, who could learn from Evans and Chris Godwin (and add a 2nd McMillan to the WR corps!).



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R2
53
Tampa Bay
Carson Schwesinger
UCLA
ILB
Reach/Value:
9
Height:
6'3"
Weight:
243
Carson Schwesinger NFL Draft photo
R3
84
Tampa Bay
Nohl Williams
California
CB
Reach/Value:
-11
Height:
6'0"
Weight:
199
Nohl Williams NFL Draft photo
R4
121
Tampa Bay
Deone Walker
Kentucky
DL1T
Reach/Value:
-37
Height:
6'7"
Weight:
331
Deone Walker NFL Draft photo
R5
157
Tampa Bay
Xavier Restrepo
Miami (FL)
WRS
Reach/Value:
20
Height:
5'9"
Weight:
200
Xavier Restrepo NFL Draft photo
R7
235
Tampa Bay
Donovan Edwards
Michigan
RB
Reach/Value:
28
Height:
5'11"
Weight:
205
Donovan Edwards NFL Draft photo


BUCS HISTORICAL DRAFT PICKS

Reach/Value (R/V) Explained
The difference between where a player is selected in the NFL draft versus where the player was listed on the final Drafttek Big Board for the season in question.
Example: A player who was listed at #50 on the Big Board and was selected at #35 will be a "Reach" of -15. Alternately, a player listed at #35 on the Big Board who was selected at #50 is a +15 "Value".

Simply put: a positive number is a Value pick, a negative number is a Reach.

YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2024 1 26 Graham Barton Duke OC Reach -4
2024 2 57 Chris Braswell Alabama EDGE Value +0
2024 3 89 Tykee Smith Georgia S Reach -33
2024 3 92 Jalen McMillan Washington WR Value +13
2024 4 125 Bucky Irving Oregon RB Reach -9
2024 6 220 Elijah Klein UTEP OG Reach -123
2024 7 246 Devin Culp Washington TE Reach -26
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2023 1 19 Calijah Kancey Pitt DL5T Reach -16
2023 2 48 Cody Mauch North Dakota State OG Reach -14
2023 3 82 Yaya Diaby Louisville EDGE Reach -5
2023 5 153 SirVocea Dennis Pitt ILB Reach -56
2023 5 171 Payne Durham Purdue TE Reach -39
2023 6 181 Josh Hayes Kansas State S Reach -135
2023 6 191 Trey Palmer Nebraska WR Value +82
2023 6 196 Jose Ramirez Eastern Michigan EDGE Value +14
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2022 2 33 Logan Hall Houston DL5T Reach -11
2022 2 57 Luke Goedeke Central Michigan OG Reach -30
2022 3 91 Rachaad White Arizona State RB Reach -12
2022 4 106 Cade Otton Washington TE Value +39
2022 4 133 Jake Camarda Georgia P Reach -110
2022 5 157 Zyon McCollum Sam Houston State CB Value +57
2022 6 218 Ko Kieft Minnesota TE Reach -135
2022 7 248 Andre Anthony LSU EDGE Reach -118
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2021 1 32 Joe Tryon Washington EDGE Reach -33
2021 2 64 Kyle Trask Florida QB Reach -15
2021 3 95 Robert Hainsey Notre Dame OT Reach -66
2021 4 129 Jaelon Darden North Texas WRS Value +4
2021 5 176 K.J. Britt Auburn ILB Value +19
2021 7 251 Chris Wilcox BYU CB Reach -2
2021 7 259 Grant Stuard Houston OLB Value +12
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2020 1 13 Tristan Wirfs Iowa OT Value +6
2020 2 45 Antoine Winfield Jr. Minnesota S Value +13
2020 3 76 Ke'Shawn Vaughn Vanderbilt RB Reach -64
2020 5 161 Tyler Johnson Minnesota WR Value +88
2020 6 194 Khalil Davis Nebraska DL3T Value +47
2020 7 241 Chapelle Russell Temple LB Value +71
2020 7 245 Raymond Calais UL Lafayette RBC Reach -1
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2019 1 5 Devin White LSU ILB Value +0
2019 2 39 Sean Bunting Central Michigan CB Reach -46
2019 3 94 Jamel Dean Auburn CB Reach -3
2019 3 99 Mike Edwards Kentucky S Reach -73
2019 4 107 Anthony Nelson Iowa EDGE Reach -20
2019 5 145 Matt Gay Utah PK Reach -76
2019 6 208 Scott Miller Bowling Green WRS Reach -86
2019 7 215 Terry Beckner Jr. Missouri DL3T Value +75
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2018 1 12 Vita Vea Washington DL1T Reach -8
2018 2 38 Ronald Jones II USC RB Value +2
2018 2 53 M.J. Stewart North Carolina CB Reach -17
2018 2 63 Carlton Davis Auburn CB Value +16
2018 3 94 Alex Cappa Humboldt St OT Reach -60
2018 4 117 Jordan Whitehead Pittsburgh S Reach -60
2018 5 144 Justin Watson Penn WR Reach -102
2018 6 202 Jack Cichy Wisconsin ILB Value +6
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2017 1 19 O.J. Howard Alabama TE Value +11
2017 2 50 Justin Evans Texas A&M S Reach -50
2017 3 84 Chris Godwin Penn St WRF Value +3
2017 3 107 Kendell Beckwith LSU ILB Reach -24
2017 5 162 Jeremy McNichols Boise State RB Reach -8
2017 7 223 Stevie Tu'ikolovatu USC DT Value +28
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2016 1 11 Vernon Hargreaves III Florida CB Value +5
2016 2 39 Noah Spence Ea. Kentucky EDGE Value +16
2016 2 59 Robert Aguayo FSU PK Reach -60
2016 4 108 Ryan Smith NC Central CB Reach -68
2016 5 148 Caleb Benenoch UCLA OT Reach -87
2016 6 183 Devante Boyd Oklahoma OLB Reach -260
2016 6 197 Dan Vitale Northwestern FB Reach -73
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2015 1 1 Jameis Winston Florida St QB Value +0
2015 2 34 Donovan Smith Penn St OT Reach -29
2015 2 61 Ali Marpet Hobart OG Reach -11
2015 4 124 Kwon Alexander LSU OLB Value +30
2015 5 162 Kenny Bell Nebraska WR Value +50
2015 6 184 Kaelin Clay Utah WR Reach -265
YEAR RD PK NAME SCHOOL PSN R/V RV Val
2014 1 7 Mike Evans Texas A&M WR Reach -1
2014 2 38 Austin Seferian-Jenkins Washington TE Reach -21
2014 3 69 Charles Sims WVU RB Reach -46
2014 5 143 Kadeem Edwards Tennessee State OG Reach -51
2014 5 149 Kevin Pamphile Purdue OT Reach -75
2014 6 185 Robert Herron Wyoming WRS Value +36