BUCPOWER.COM was created in January 2002 and has had over 100 million hits since its inception. It has and always will
be free to access and is the definitive source of historical information on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for fans worldwide.
Lots of former Bucs have birthdays on June 17th, the
most well-known of which is S Will Allen who turns 43
today. He was a 4th round pick in 2004 and played
over 80 games in a Tampa uniform in two spells starting
26.
DT “Fat” Albert Haynesworth (44( played in seven
games in 2011 and was on the losing side in all of them
but he probably did not care knowing his reputation at
the time around the NFL.
CB Michael Adams (40) played six games in the 2013
season, LS Ed Brady (63) had that role for all four of the
Sam Wyche seasons and S Shevin Smith (50) was a
6th round pick in 1998 who had two Tampa Bay years.
DE Ray Seals (60) is one of the few players in team
history who never went to college. He played five
seasons for the Bucs from 1989 to 1993.
Since their first foray into the NFL draft in April 1976,
the Buccaneers have drafted 461 players beginning
with the outstanding selection of Lee Roy Selmon right
through to the final choice in 2025 of Tez Johnson.
They have owned the first overall selection seven
times, two of which they traded away. Here you will
also find details of every player taken in each NFL
draft and any trades that took place involving Tampa
Bay selections. Draft steal or monumental bust, they
are all here. Click the draft picks logo on the left to
see everything related to Buc drafts.
You have all seen various selections for the best Buc players by position over the first 50 years, some almost
accurate. Now comes the start of the definitive roster from the start of Tampa Bay football in 1976. Position by
position, starters and back-ups. From someone who has seen every Buc game either live or on video. This
roster is just from players’ time with the Bucs - past reputations and performances are not regarded.
THE NEXT POSITION - THE CORNERBACKS
Cornerback was an interesting position to choose as outside of one obvious starter, there were
several deserving candidates for the other spots. So a pair of very honorable mentions that had the
most obvious “not a chance of being chosen” players who were first round busts.
The positions already selected
DE
DT
OLB
ILB
CB
Click here for the selections made so far to the roster
