Bucs' 3rd Round Pick: Ted Hurst, NFL's Biggest Sleeper

0:00On April 27th, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers loaded up on defense in the 2026 NFL draft, grabbing four defensive players out of their 7. Total picks, with three of them from Missouri and Miami looking ready to start right away. But they didn't ignore offense, snagging three skill guys, including a guard in the fifth round and a tight end in the sixth. The standout offensive move came in the third round with the 84th overall pick, wide receiver Ted Hurst from Georgia State. At six foot four, with blazing speed, he's got the size and quickness to fill the void left by Mike Evans. An anonymous NFL-wide receivers coach called Hurst, the biggest sleeper in the whole draft, saying he exploded onto Scout's radars just a month before. The event. Fans and analysts are buzzing because his athletic testing was elite. Hurst posted a relative athletic score of 9.90, ranking 41st all-time among wide receivers since 1987, and he blazed a 4.42 in the 40 yard dash.

1:02His strong showing at the senior bowl against top talent proved he can hang despite coming from the Sunbell Conference. If the Bucks' receivers coach can polish his route running in ball skills, Hurst could develop into a serious weapon, much like Chris Godwin, who they drafted at the same spot back in 2017. Keep an eye on this kid, he might just steal the show in Tampa. That's the story for today, NFL News Today, driven by AI, I'm Corey with The Story.