Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht will be conducting his seventh NFL draft this week for Tampa Bay, and with the 14th pick in round one, he may be looking to take an offensive tackle to help protect quarterback Tom Brady, the team’s big free agent signing this offseason.
Licht has made some solid draft picks during his tenure, like Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Devin White to name a few, but there have been some forgettable picks, too. In fact, the 2016 draft class may be one Licht would like to forget altogether.
After the team cut cornerback Vernon Hargreaves following his Week 10 benching for lack of hustle, that left just one player on the Bucs’ roster from that 2016 draft.
With that, let’s take a look back now at that draft class.