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Buccaneers use No. 26 overall pick to beef up offensive line

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Duke OL Graham Barton with the No. 26 overall pick as they look to build on this past season's surprise run to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.

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Buccaneers NFL Draft Round 1 Reacts Survey: Grade the selection of Graham Barton

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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

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What Graham Barton Does for the Buccaneers

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The Buccaneers beefed up their interior line with the 26th overall pick.

The Buccaneers made an aggressive effort to improve the interior protection for Baker Mayfield and the run game as they selected Duke offensive lineman Graham Barton with the 26th overall pick.

Announced as a center, he should immediately seize the keystone from Robert Hainsey. Let’s learn more about the new Bucs draftee.

Graham Barton Career Stats

Barton accumulated plenty of...

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers immediately upgrade a sore spot with their first pick in the 2024 NFL Draft

It's official: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have selected former Duke Blue Devil, Graham Barton, with the 26th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The Bucs wasted no time turning in their pick, which came as no surprise.

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Graham Barton NFL Draft 2024: Scouting Report for Tampa Bay Buccaneers OT

HEIGHT: 6'5" WEIGHT: 313 HAND: 9?" ARM: 32?" WINGSPAN: 79¾" 40-YARD DASH: 4.97 3-CONE: 7.31 SHUTTLE: 4.55 VERTICAL: NA BROAD: NA POSITIVES — Thick, compact…

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2024 NFL Draft: Buccaneers select Duke offensive lineman Graham Barton

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The Bucs make a big time selection.

Tampa Bay got their guy while addressing a position group in need of some help. The Buccaneers used the 26th overall pick on Duke offensive lineman Graham Barton.

And for the second straight year, our very own James Yarcho nailed Tampa Bay’s pick in the SB Nation Mock Draft.

As for Barton, the Bucs got a versatile lineman that can play anywhere along the line. with big help needed on the...

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Buccaneers 2024 NFL Draft Tracker

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The time has come.

We can all finally delete all those mock drafts we have bookmarked, and throw away any we have written down. The 2024 NFL Draft is here.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have seven picks in this year’s draft. Unless the Bucs look to trade away selections or gain some, below are their picks for the entire draft.

1st Round (No. 26) 2nd Round (No. 57) 3rd Round (No. 89) 3rd round (No. 92 - acquired from Detroit) 4th Round (No....

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Mike Kiwak

Mike Kiwak’s Final 2024 First-Round NFL Mock Draft

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Here’s my take on what will happen Thursday. I’m prepared for your hatred.

You didn’t come here for intros, you came here for a mock draft that you’ll either love or hate. Let’s get right into it as the real 2024 NFL Draft looms!

1. Chicago Bears: QB Caleb Williams, Southern California

We all know what’s happening yet we’ll still wait the entirety of the clock to move on with our lives. My biggest pet peeve of the...

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Final Buccaneers 7-Round 2024 NFL Mock Draft

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Let’s take a final stab at the 2024 Bucs draft class before the fireworks start.

The Buccaneers find their roster in good overall shape entering the 2024 NFL Draft, which opens at 8 p.m. in Detroit.

It will be GM Jason Licht’s 11th at the controls, and pushing the right buttons can help sustain the best stretch of Bucs football since the early aughts. The team does have some holes to fill, so let’s take our best guess at how...

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Gil Arcia

Buccaneers fans vote on the position group the team should target in Round 1

Center Jackson Powers-Johnson #58 of the Oregon Ducks has been mocked to the Bucs in several mock drafts. But will he fall to No. 26? | Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images

The fan base is consistent.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate.

The NFL Draft is finally here. Well, almost. The day has arrived, at least, which...

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Buccaneers 2024 NFL Draft: How to watch, streaming info, and more

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Are you ready, Bucs fans?

The 2024 NFL Draft is finally upon us. An event that millions of NFL fans highly anticipate and get very excited about — or very disappointed depending on their team’s selections.

For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the draft gets going for them with the 26th pick in Round 1. Many feel they are in a good spot to select either a top EDGE rusher or top offensive lineman. But we’ll have to wait and see how things play out in...

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Buccaneers NFL Draft Target: Edge Dallas Turner, Alabama

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How are the Buccaneers going to get to the quarterback in 2024?

When asked, the average Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ fan would tell you the Bucs need to leave the 2024 NFL Draft with an edge rusher. Most would say the Buccaneers should address the need early rather than late.

The Tampa Bay Bucs won the Super Bowl in 2020. The team’s pass rush was a decisive determinant in Tampa being crowned champions. To this day, Todd Bowles’ defense has never quite fallen...

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Penei Sewell's new contract turns up the pressure on Buccaneers to lock up Pro Bowl OT Tristan Wirfs

The time is coming for another cornerstone piece of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to get paid.  We saw quarterback Baker Mayfield and wide receiver Mike Evans get their paydays this offseason, now it's time for left tackle Tristan Wirfs to get his.

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Evan Wanish’s 2024 First Round NFL Mock Draft

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Draft day is finally here, folks

The day has finally arrived for all 32 NFL teams and the prospects in this class. Draft day is here and there is a lot of excitement and buzz surrounding this class with college star Caleb Williams all but certain to be the number one overall pick and head to Chicago to join the Bears, but what about the other 31 teams? How will they fare? Who will fall, who will rise?

Let’s dive right into my 2024 first round...

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Buccaneers Waive Safety Ahead of NFL Draft

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have waived defensive back Richard LeCounte the team announced Wednesday. Via the team’s Senior Writer Scott Smith, “On Wednesday, the Bucs waived second-year cornerback Richard LeCounte, who had spent the last eight months with the team.” LeCounte was a fifth-round draft pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2021.

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Bucs Cut DB Prior To NFL Draft

The Bucs have made a roster move on the eve of the 2024 NFL Draft. Tampa Bay released reserve safety Richard LeCounte III. The move comes at an interesting time, especially given the fact that the team is woefully thin at the safety position.

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Buccaneers Waive DB Richard LeCounte

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Wednesday that they’ve waived defensive back Richard LeCounte III. LeCounte, 25, was a fifth-round pick by the Browns out of Georgia back in 2021.

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A late round option out of the SEC that could address a key roster need for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have plenty of areas on the roster that need to be addressed, and among them are the need to improve at cornerback, both in finding

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Jenna Laine

Buccaneers looking for repeat draft success to help aid Super Bowl aspirations

Tampa Bay had success last season in the draft and is looking to do it again in 2024.

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Buccaneers Mock Draft Roundup for the 2024 NFL Draft

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What are people saying the Bucs will do Thursday night?

The NFL will conduct it’s annual draft Thursday night and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hold the 26th pick. That’s a good and bad thing. Good because that means they had a decent 2023 season. Bad because the team can certainly use a high-caliber player via a high draft pick. Or so they say.

A very good player can still be had near the bottom end of the first round thanks in large part to...

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