{"id":18849,"date":"2025-05-02T20:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/18849\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T20:54:12","slug":"buccaneers-nfl-draft-2025-tampa-bay-day-3-picks-and-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/18849\/","title":{"rendered":"Buccaneers NFL Draft 2025: Tampa Bay Day 3 picks and analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"8T9Cb7\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucsnation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> strategically used their 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nfl-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a> picks in rounds four through seven to add defensive firepower and offensive versatility, selecting three players to enhance depth and special teams. Here\u2019s a rundown on what they did on Day 3.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Y6StY2\">Round 4, Pick 121: OLB David Walker, Central Arkansas<\/p>\n<p id=\"3X6EBw\">Walker, a prolific pass rusher, amassed 39 sacks and 82.5 tackles for loss in four college seasons. His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/senior-bowl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senior Bowl<\/a> dominance against top linemen signals NFL readiness, offering edge-rushing depth alongside Yaya Diaby and Haason Reddick.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pfttWC\">Round 5, Pick 157: DL Elijah Roberts, SMU<\/p>\n<p id=\"KxIiW5\">Roberts, the FBS leader in QB pressures over two seasons, brings relentless energy to the defensive line. With 67 tackles and 9.5 sacks in 2024, he\u2019s poised to contribute immediately in Todd Bowles\u2019 rotation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QJDlJn\">Round 7, Pick 235: WR Tez Johnson, Oregon<\/p>\n<p id=\"lddvzH\">Johnson, a dynamic slot receiver, recorded 3,889 yards and 28 touchdowns in college. His elite speed and return skills add depth behind Emeka Egbuka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers strategically used their 2025 NFL Draft picks in rounds four through seven to add&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2077],"tags":[90,357,210,211,2956,21,19,7,29,28,6,15,22,209,704,250,2957,4216,2597,2596],"class_list":{"0":"post-18849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-buccaneers","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-bay","11":"tag-buccaneers","12":"tag-bucs","13":"tag-day","14":"tag-draft","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-front-page","17":"tag-nation","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-nfl-draft","20":"tag-picks","21":"tag-tampa","22":"tag-tampa-bay","23":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","24":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-draft","25":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers-roster","26":"tag-tampabay","27":"tag-tampabaybuccaneers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114440232363062301","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}