The Bucs have secured the nineteenth general decide within the 2023 NFL Draft as a result of workforce’s 8-9 report and playoff berth in the course of the 2022 season. Tampa Bay received’t have its fourth-round decide this 12 months after buying and selling it away final 12 months with a view to transfer up into the fifth spherical to pick Sam Houston cornerback Zyon McCollum.
However the workforce will probably safe an additional compensatory decide or two this 12 months attributable to losses in free company from final 12 months. In response to OverTheCap.com’s Nick Korte, the Bucs ought to obtain a fifth-round compensatory decide from the NFL for the lack of free agent security Jordan Whitehead to the New York Jets. Korte additionally has Tampa Bay receiving a seventh-round compensatory decide for tight finish O.J. Howard signing with Buffalo in free company.
The Bucs really feel sure that they’ll obtain the additional fifth-rounder for Whitehead, and are longing for the extra seventh-rounder, too.
Bucs’ 2023 NFL Draft Picks
Bucs head coach Todd Bowles and GM Jason Licht – Photograph courtesy of the Buccaneers
Tampa Bay at present has seven draft selections within the 2023 NFL Draft, together with an additional sixth-round decide from the Colts from a earlier commerce. If the league awards the Bucs additional picks on the finish of the fifth and seventh rounds, respectively, Tampa Bay can have a complete of 9 draft picks.
ROUND 1 – No. 19ROUND 2 – No. 51ROUND 3 – No. 83ROUND 5 – No. 154ROUND 6 – No. 181 (from Colts)ROUND 6 – No. 196ROUND 7 – No. 232 (from Jets)
