Wednesday is the final day for all NFL groups to host their draft prospects on Prime 30 visits, so just a few extra names are popping out. The Bucs hosted two gamers which can be held in very excessive regard on this 12 months’s draft as NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport experiences that they’ve met with Maryland cornerback Deonte Banks whereas Tony Pauline experiences that the crew met with Iowa State outdoors linebacker Will McDonald. Each may very well be within the Bucs draft plans.
#Maryland CB Deonte Banks, who has had conferences or visits with practically each crew, ends his tour with the #Payments in the present day, supply mentioned. He is additionally visited the #Saints, #Commanders, #Titans, #Vikings, #Raiders, #Texans, #Giants, #Bucs, #Eagles, #Jaguars, #Bears, and #Steelers.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 19, 2023
Official 30 go to listing for McDonald- Packers, Bears, Cowboys, Bucs, Eagles, Payments, Vikings, Giants, Playing cards, Seahawks, Chiefs. Needed to flip down half dozen visits attributable to time retraints https://t.co/REsZutIDHk
— Tony Pauline (@TonyPauline) April 19, 2023
The Bucs have a necessity for a slot cornerback and an additional outdoors linebacker. Banks and McDonald are each thought-about to be potential first-rounders and will contribute as Day 1 starters in Tampa Bay as Bucs draft picks.
CB Deonte Banks, OLB Will McDonald Are Bucs Draft Matches
Whereas Maryland used Deonte Banks principally as an outdoor cornerback, his pace and agility make him an ideal match to maneuver inside and canopy within the slot. At 6-foot, 197 kilos with 4.35 pace, Banks has sufficient measurement to work in Todd Bowles’ scheme and he will surely make Tampa Bay’s protection sooner, which is a acknowledged purpose on this Bucs draft. On the very worst, he’s an extremely stable starter on the skin for the Bucs.
Iowa State OLB Will McDonald IV – Photograph by: USA In the present day
Banks solely recorded two interceptions for the Terrapins, together with one final 12 months to go together with eight move breakups. However he does such an amazing job mirroring receivers and blanketing them that he doesn’t enable many catches.
Banks will possible be a Prime 20 choose and is taken into account to be among the many Prime 3-4 cornerbacks on this draft class. The Bucs have additionally introduced in Illinois cornerback Quan Martin and Kansas State cornerback Julius Brents in for Prime 30 visits.
Iowa State’s Will McDonald performs larger than he 6-foot-3, 239-pound body suggests. McDonald has freakish athleticism and talent to bend. The Bucs are in search of a confirmed producer relating to speeding the passer. Nobody on this draft has been extra productive than McDonald, who terrorized the Huge XII with 34 sacks, 40.5 tackles for loss, 10 compelled fumbles and 7 move breakups in 5 seasons.
McDonald carries a late first-round, early second-round grade. He’s value being Tampa Bay’s first choice, particularly if the crew can commerce down within the first spherical and purchase extra picks. With 30-year previous Shaq Barrett’s return to type from a torn Achilles unsure and Joe Tryon-Shoyinka failing to maneuver previous 4 sacks once more final 12 months, the Bucs want a confirmed move rusher like McDonald.
McDonald is considered one of 5 edge rushers the Bucs had in for Prime 30 visits, becoming a member of the likes of Georgia’s Nolan Smith, LSU’s B.J. Ojulari, Kansas State’s Felix Anudike-Uzomah and Iowa’s Lukas Van Ness.
