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 CORNERBACKSCornerback 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 selectedDEDTOLBILBCBClick here for the selections made so far to the roster