NFL.com recently set out to evaluate each franchise's best NFL Draft class ever, and the winning class for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a big one.
have had some hits and misses in the NFL Draft like any franchise, but the highlights are certainly impressive.leaders like quarterback Jameis Winston, running back James Wilder, receiver Mike Evans, kicker Martin Gramatica, and linebacker Derrick Brooks are all players who started their careers with the franchise and carved out significant places within it, even if things didn't always end as well as we all hoped they would.
Defensive tackle Warren Sapp didn't look too happy to be starting his career with the Buccaneers when he was taken with the 12th overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft coming out of Miami , but his smile became something fans of the team got to know very well during his nine years with the franchise. In that stretch, Sapp made it to seven Pro Bowls, four First-Team All-Pro rosters, won the 1999 Defensive Player of the Year Award, and helped Tampa Bay win its first Super Bowl to cap off the 2002 NFL Season.Unlike Sapp, linebacker Derrick Brooks spent his entire 14 year career with the Bucs and made it to 11 Pro Bowls including one in his final season in 2008. He was also named to five First-Team All-Pro rosters and currently ranks sixth all-time in the league in tackles.
Brooks' Defensive Player of the Year Award came three years after Sapp's and that campaign was highlighted by the linebacker sealing his team's Super Bowl win with a pick-six against the Oakland Raiders.The rest of the 1995 Buccaneers draft class has just three career starts and consists of names most fans of the franchise won't recognize by now.
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