The Senior Bowl has come and gone and mock draft season is here. As has become routine over the past several years, ESPN's Todd McShay has began - if he ever stopped - breaking down each team's needs in this year's draft. In his second mock draft of the year, McShay has the Buccaneers selecting Oregon defensive end DeForest Buckner No. 9 overall.
"At 6-foot-7, 285 pounds, Buckner isn't a traditional edge rusher -- and some teams may view him as a 5-technique -- but playing in a four-man front, he could be a stout run defender at left defensive end and move inside to rush the QB on obvious passing downs," McShay wrote. "Buckner, who posted 12.0 tackles for loss in conference play this season, would give the Bucs a much-needed playmaker at DE."
Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston could become the 49th player in NFL history to be named the Associated Press' Offensive Rookie of the Year. Here is a look at every player who's won the award.
1967: RB Mel Farr - Lions
1968: WR Earl McCullouch - Lions
1969: RB Calvin Hill - Cowboys
1970: QB Dennis Shaw - Bills
1971: RB John Brockington - Packers
1972: RB Franco Harris - Steelers
1973: RB Chuck Foreman - Vikings
1974: RB Don Woods - Chargers
1975: RB Mike Thomas - Redskins
1976: WR Sammy White - Vikings
1977: RB Tony Dorsett - Cowboys
1978: RB Earl Campbell - Oilers
1979: RB Ottis Anderson - Cardinals
1980: RB Billy Sims - Lions
1981: RB George Rogers - Saints
1982: RB Marcus Allen - Raiders
1983: RB Eric Dickerson - Rams
1984: WR Louis Lipps - Steelers
1985: WR Eddie Brown - Bengals
1986: RB Rueben Mayes - Saints
1897: RB Troy Stradford - Dolphins
1988: RB John Stephens - Patriots
1989: RB Barry Sanders - Lions
1990: RB Emmitt Smith - Cowboys
1991: RB Leonard Russel - Patriots
1992: WR Carl Pickens - Bengals
1993: RB Jerome Bettis - Steelers
1994: RB Marshall Faulk - Colts
1995: RB Curtis Martin - Patriots
1996: RB Eddie George - Oilers
1997: RB Warrick Dunn - Buccaneers
1998: WR Randy Moss - Vikings
1999: RB Edgerrin James - Colts
2000: RB Mike Thomas - Broncos
2001: RB Anthony Thomas - Bears
2002: RB Clinton Portis - Broncos
2003: WR Anquan Boldin - Cardinals
2004: QB Ben Roethlisberger - Steelers
2005: RB Cadillac Williams - Buccaneers
2006: QB Vince Young - Titans
2007: RB Adrian Peterson - Vikings
2008: QB Matt Ryan - Falcons
2009: WR Percy Harvin - Vikings
2010: QB Sam Bradford - Rams
2011: QB Cam Newton - Panthers
2012: QB Robert Griffin III - Redskins
2013: RB Eddie Lacy - Packers
2014: WR Odell Beckham Jr. - Giants
McShay has Ohio State's Joey Bosa being selected No. 1 overall by the Titans, so should the Buccaneers pick Buckner as McShay suggests, they would be landing his second-best defensive end.
Buckner recorded 83 tackles in 2015, 45 of which were solo. He earned 17 tackles for losses and 10.5 sacks. For his efforts, he was selected as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
In their scouting report, NFL.com compares Buckner to Arizona's Calias Campbell. A regional scout told the league that they believe Buckner is "twice as good" as Campbell was coming out of college. For McShay's complete mock draft, click **HERE**.
