This page is a list of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL draft selections. The first draft the Buccaneers participated in was 1976, in which they made defensive end Lee Roy Selmon of Oklahoma their first-ever selection.
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1976 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 Lee Roy Selmon Defensive end Oklahoma 2 2 30 Jimmy DuBose Running back Florida 2 32 60 Dewey Selmon Linebacker Oklahoma 3 31 91 Steve Maughan Linebacker Utah State 4 29 121 Richard Appleby Wide receiver Georgia 4 32 124 Everett Little Guard Houston 5 1 125 Michael Kelson Defensive back West Texas State 5 30 154 Steve Wilson Center Georgia 6 2 158 Curtis Jordan Safety Texas Tech 7 1 183 Parnell Dickinson Quarterback Mississippi Valley State 9 1 238 Bruce Welch Guard Texas A&M 10 2 267 Sid Smith Linebacker Brigham Young 11 1 292 Melvin Washington Defensive back Colorado State 12 2 321 George Ragsdale Running back North Carolina A&T 13 1 348 Brad Jenkins Tight end Nebraska 14 2 377 Carl Roaches Wide receiver Texas A&M 15 1 404 Bob Dzierzak Defensive tackle Utah State 16 2 433 Tommy West Linebacker Tennessee 17 1 460 Jack Berry Quarterback Washington & Lee
1977 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 Ricky Bell Running back USC 2 1 29 Dave Lewis Linebacker USC 3 1 57 Charley Hannah Defensive end Alabama 8 1 196 Randy Hedberg Quarterback Minot State 9 1 224 Byron Hemingway Linebacker Boston College 9 28 251 Larry Mucker Wide receiver Arizona State 10 1 252 Robert Morgan Running back Florida 10 16 267 Aaron Ball Linebacker Fullerton State 11 1 280 Chuck Rodgers Defensive back North Dakota State 12 1 308 Chip Sheffield Wide receiver Lenoir-Rhyne
1978 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 17 17 Doug Williams Quarterback Grambling 2 2 30 Johnny Davis Running back Alabama 2 16 44 Brett Moritz Guard Nebraska 6 24 162 Elijah Marshall Wide receiver North Carolina State 8 2 196 John McGriff Linebacker Miami (FL) 9 1 223 Willie Taylor Wide receiver Pittsburgh 10 2 252 Aaron Brown Linebacker Ohio State 12 2 308 Kevin McLee Running back Georgia
1979 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 5 33 Greg Roberts Guard Oklahoma 2 6 34 Gordon Jones Wide receiver Pittsburgh 3 4 60 Jerry Eckwood Running back Arkansas 3 22 78 Reginald Lewis Defensive end North Texas State 3 24 80 Rick Berns Running back Nebraska 5 23 133 Chuck Fusina Quarterback Penn State 8 25 217 Gene Sanders Defensive tackle Texas A&M 9 5 225 Henry Vereen Wide receiver UNLV 11 6 281 Bob Rippentrop Tight end Fresno State 12 4 307 David Logan Defensive tackle Pittsburgh
1980 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 22 22 Ray Snell Guard Wisconsin 2 21 49 Kevin House Wide receiver Southern Illinois 3 20 76 Scot Brantley Linebacker Florida 4 19 102 Larry Flowers Safety Texas Tech 7 21 186 Jim Leonard Center Santa Clara 8 20 213 Derrick Goddard Defensive back Drake 9 19 240 Gerald Carter Wide receiver Texas A&M 10 18 267 Andy Hawkins Linebacker Texas A&I 10 25 275 Brett Davis Running back UNLV 11 22 299 Terry Jones Defensive end Central State (OK) 12 21 326 Gene Coleman Defensive back Miami (FL)
1981 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 7 7 Hugh Green Linebacker Pittsburgh 2 6 34 James Wilder Sr. Running back Missouri 4 6 89 John Holt Cornerback West Texas State 8 6 199 Denver Johnson Offensive tackle Tulsa 9 7 228 Mike Ford Quarterback SMU 10 6 254 Ken McCune Defensive end Texas 11 7 283 Johnny Ray Smith Defensive back Lamar 12 6 310 Brad White Defensive tackle Tennessee
1982 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 17 17 Sean Farrell Guard Penn State 2 5 32 Booker Reese Defensive end Bethune-Cookman 3 19 74 Jerry Bell Tight end Arizona State 3 28 83 John Cannon Defensive end William & Mary 4 20 103 Dave Barrett Running back Houston 5 17 128 Jeff David Linebacker Clemson 6 19 158 Andre Tyler Wide receiver Stanford 7 18 185 Tom Morris Defensive back Michigan State 8 17 212 Kelvin Atkins Linebacker Illinois 9 19 242 Bob Lane Quarterback Northeast Louisiana 12 19 325 Michael Morton Running back UNLV
1983 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 17 45 Randy Grimes Center Baylor 3 16 72 Jeremiah Castille Defensive back Alabama 4 15 99 Kelly Thomas Offensive tackle USC 5 19 131 Tony Chickillo Defensive tackle Miami (FL) 6 8 148 Rheugene Branton Wide receiver Texas Southern 6 18 158 Ken Kaplan Offensive tackle New Hampshire 7 17 185 Weldon Ledbetter Running back Oklahoma 8 16 212 John Samuelson Linebacker Azusa Pacific 9 14 238 Hasson Arbubakrr Defensive tackle Texas Tech 10 19 270 Darius Durham Wide receiver San Diego State 11 18 297 Mark Witte Tight end North Texas State 12 17 324 John Higginbotham Defensive tackle Northeastern Oklahoma State
1984 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 2 30 Keith Browner Linebacker USC 3 1 57 Fred Acorn Defensive back Texas 4 23 107 Michael Gunter Running back Tulsa 4 28 112 Ron Heller Offensive tackle Penn State 6 2 142 Chris Washington Linebacker Iowa State 7 1 169 Jay Carroll Tight end Minnesota 8 2 198 Fred Robinson Linebacker Miami (FL) 9 1 225 Rick Mallory Guard Washington 10 2 254 Jim Gallery Kicker Minnesota 11 1 281 Blair Kiel Quarterback Notre Dame 12 2 310 Thad Jemison Wide receiver Ohio State
1985 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 5 5 Ron Holmes Defensive end Washington 3 8 64 Ervin Randle Linebacker Baylor 4 8 92 Mike Heaven Defensive back Illinois 7 8 176 Mike Prior Defensive back Illinois State 8 8 204 Phil Freeman Wide receiver Arizona State 9 8 232 Steve Calabria Quarterback Colgate 10 8 260 Donald Igwebuike Kicker Clemson 11 8 288 Punkin Williams Running back Memphis State 12 8 316 Jim Rockford Defensive back Oklahoma 12 22 330 James Melka Linebacker Wisconsin
1986 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 Bo Jackson Running back Auburn 1 25 25 Rod Jones Cornerback SMU 2 1 28 Jackie Walker Linebacker Jackson State 2 13 40 Kevin Murphy Linebacker Oklahoma 4 1 83 Craig Swoope Safety Illinois 5 2 112 J. D. Maarleveld Offensive tackle Maryland 6 27 165 Kevin Walker Defensive back East Carolina 9 2 223 Tommy Barnhardt Punter North Carolina 10 1 250 Benton Reed Defensive end Ole Miss 11 2 279 Mark Drenth Offensive tackle Purdue 12 1 306 Clay Miller Guard Michigan
1987 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 1 1 Vinny Testaverde Quarterback Miami (FL) 2 8 36 Ricky Reynolds Cornerback Washington State 2 22 50 Winston Moss Linebacker Miami (FL) 2 23 51 Don Smith Running back Mississippi State 3 1 57 Mark Carrier Wide receiver Nicholls State 4 1 85 Don Graham Linebacker Penn State 4 3 87 Ron Hall Tight end Hawaii 4 22 106 Bruce Hill Wide receiver Arizona State 5 23 135 Henry Rolling Linebacker Nevada 5 25 137 Tony Mayes Defensive back Kentucky 6 3 143 Steve Bartalo Running back Colorado State 7 1 169 Curt Jarvis Defensive tackle Alabama 7 22 190 Harry Swayne Offensive tackle Rutgers 8 2 197 Stan Mataele Defensive tackle Arizona 9 1 224 Joe Armentrout Running back Wisconsin 9 23 246 Greg Davis Kicker The Citadel 10 1 252 Mike Simmonds Guard Indiana State 11 1 280 Reggie Taylor Running back Cincinnati 12 1 308 Scott Cooper Defensive tackle Kearney State 12 6 313 Mike Shula Quarterback Alabama
1988 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 4 4 Paul Gruber Offensive tackle Wisconsin 2 26 53 Lars Tate Running back Georgia 4 1 83 Robert Goff Defensive end Auburn 4 4 86 John Bruhin Guard Tennessee 4 25 107 Monte Robbins Punter Michigan 5 4 113 William Howard Running back Tennessee 6 26 163 Shawn Lee Defensive tackle North Alabama 7 2 167 Kerry Goode Running back Alabama 8 5 198 Anthony Simpson Running back East Carolina 9 4 225 Reuben Davis Defensive end North Carolina 11 2 279 Frank Pillow Wide receiver Tennessee State 12 5 310 Victor Jones Linebacker Virginia Tech
1989 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 6 6 Broderick Thomas Linebacker Nebraska 2 5 33 Danny Peebles Wide receiver North Carolina State 4 6 90 Anthony Florence Defensive back Bethune-Cookman 5 5 117 Jamie Wilson Running back Nicholls State 6 7 146 Chris Mohr Punter Alabama 6 15 154 Derrick Little Linebacker South Carolina 8 5 200 Carl Bax Guard Missouri 9 7 230 Patrick Egu Running back Nevada 10 6 257 Ty Granger Offensive tackle Clemson 11 5 284 Rod Mounts Guard Texas A&I 11 11 290 Willie Griffin Defensive end Nebraska 11 23 302 Herb Duncan Wide receiver Northern Arizona 12 22 329 Terry Young Defensive back Georgia Southern
1990 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 4 4 Keith McCants Linebacker Alabama 2 5 30 Reggie Cobb Running back Tennessee 4 6 87 Jesse Anderson Tight end Mississippi State 4 27 108 Tony Mayberry Center Wake Forest 5 5 114 Ian Beckles Guard Indiana 6 4 141 Derrick Douglas Running back Louisiana Tech 7 6 171 Donnie Gardner Defensive end Kentucky 9 4 224 Terry Cook Defensive end Fresno State 10 6 254 Mike Busch Tight end Iowa State 11 5 281 Terry Anthony Wide receiver Florida State 12 3 307 Todd Hammel Quarterback Stephen F. Austin
1991 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 7 7 Charles McRae Offensive tackle Tennessee 3 11 66 Lawrence Dawsey Wide receiver Florida State 3 25 80 Robert Wilson Running back Texas A&M 4 10 93 Tony Covington Safety Virginia 5 9 120 Terry Bagsby Linebacker East Texas State 5 25 136 Tim Ryan Guard Notre Dame 6 8 147 Rhett Hall Defensive tackle California 7 7 174 Calvin Tiggle Linebacker Georgia Tech 8 12 207 Marty Carter Safety Middle Tennessee State 9 10 233 Treamelle Taylor Wide receiver Nevada 10 10 260 Pat O'Hara Quarterback USC 10 15 265 Hyland Hickson Running back Michigan State 11 9 287 Mike Sunvold Defensive tackle Minnesota 12 8 314 Al Chamblee Linebacker Virginia Tech
1992 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 16 44 Courtney Hawkins Wide receiver Michigan State 3 3 59 Mark Wheeler Defensive tackle Texas A&M 3 23 79 Tyji Armstrong Tight end Ole Miss 4 2 86 Craig Erickson Quarterback Miami (FL) 5 6 118 Rogerick Green Defensive back Kansas State 5 20 132 Santana Dotson Defensive tackle Baylor 6 8 148 James Malone Linebacker UCLA 7 16 184 Ken Swilling Defensive back Georgia Tech 8 4 200 Anthony McDowell Running back Texas Tech 8 26 222 Mike Pawlawski Quarterback California 10 2 254 Elijah Alexander Linebacker Kansas State 11 4 284 Mazio Royster Running back USC 12 3 311 Klaus Wilmsmeyer Punter Louisville
1993 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 6 6 Eric Curry Defensive end Alabama 2 5 34 Demetrius DuBose Linebacker Notre Dame 3 4 60 Lamar Thomas Wide receiver Miami (FL) 3 26 80 John Lynch Safety Stanford 4 7 91 Rudy Harris Running back Clemson 4 20 104 Horace Copeland Wide receiver Miami (FL) 6 5 145 Chidi Ahanotu Defensive tackle California 7 8 176 Tyree Davis Wide receiver Central Arkansas 8 24 220 Darrick Branch Wide receiver Hawaii 8 28 224 Daron Alcorn Kicker Akron
1994 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 6 6 Trent Dilfer Quarterback Fresno State 2 5 34 Errict Rhett Running back Florida 3 4 69 Harold Bishop Tight end LSU 5 5 136 Pete Pierson Offensive tackle Washington 6 4 165 Bernard Carter Linebacker East Carolina 7 6 200 Jim Pyne Center Virginia Tech
1995 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 12 12 Warren Sapp Defensive tackle Miami (FL) 1 28 28 Derrick Brooks Linebacker Florida State 2 11 43 Melvin Johnson Safety Kentucky 4 7 105 Jerry Wilson Safety Southern 5 9 143 Clifton Abraham Defensive back Florida State 6 8 179 Wardell Rouse Linebacker Clemson 7 7 215 Steve Ingram Guard Maryland 7 19 227 Jeffrey Rodgers Defensive end Texas A&M-Kingsville
1996 draft