Bucs' Draft Focus: Mesidor for Edge Rusher?

0:00It's April 8th. This is NFL News today, powered by AI tracking teams, players, and standings. To have a Bay Buccaneers are gearing up for the NFL draft, and their scouting team is finalizing plans with a heavy focus on defense just like last year. They need ed rushers most, and with a deep class this year, mock drafts keep pointing to Miami Hurricane standout, at Keem Mesador as their pick. Former transferred from West Virginia, where he played in 2020 and 2021, then spent four more seasons at Miami. Last year in 2025, he put up 12.5 sacks, 17.5 tackles for loss, and four forced fumbles, helping that. Fierce Hurricane's defense reached the national title game. Fans and pundits love his high floor from all that experience, but he's got downsides. Six with three, 259 pounds, not the most. Athletic, and he'll turn 25 as a rookie. The Bucks have struggled developing their own edge guys, like Joe Trian, Shoyinka, and

1:01Chris Broswell, relying instead on vets like Shaquille Barrett from Elsewhere. mock draft databases show Mesador as the top name for Tampa Bay right now, but GM Jason Lickt loves surprises he hasn't followed the crowd since, picking Devon White 5th overall in 2019. With pressure to win immediately, a ready-made player like Mesador makes sense over a project, and we'll see what they do when they're on the clock in, a few weeks.