The Tampa Bay Bucs’ 2024 NFL Draft class was full of seniors with the exception of running back Bucky Irving, but Tampa Bay has used plenty of premium draft picks on underclassmen before. In fact from 2018-2023 every first-round pick by the Bucs has been an underclassman.

Defensive tackle Vita Vea (2018), linebacker Devin White (2019), left tackle Tristan Wirfs (2020), outside linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (2021) and defensive tackle Calijah Kancey (2023) all passed up their final year of college eligibility to enter the NFL Draft and were selected by Tampa Bay.

Bucs DT Vita Vea and GM Jason Licht – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

This year a total of 67 underclassmen have declared for the 2025 NFL Draft. That’s nearly half the size of the underclassmen class of 130 early entrants in the 2021 NFL Draft. Last year saw a recent low of just 58 players leave college early – largely due to an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19 as well as NIL endorsement money that some top football players receive in college these days.

Will the Bucs draft one – or more – of these underclassmen this year? We’ll find out in late April when the 2025 NFL Draft concludes. But for a team that needs help on defense, the fact that there are a total of 16 defensive tackles and edge rushers helps this year’s draft class. And the five linebackers, five cornerbacks and three safeties that are early entrants bolsters those positions, too.

The 2025 NFL Draft takes place April 24-26. The Bucs have six picks in the draft in every round except for the sixth round.

2025 NFL Draft Underclassmen – Offense

QUARTERBACKS  – 2
Texas QB Quinn Ewers – 6-2, 210
Alabama QB Jalen Milroe – 6-2, 225

RUNNING BACKS – 13
Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty – 5-9, 215
North Carolina RB Omarion Hamption – 6-0, 220
Iowa RB Kaleb Johnson – 6-0, 225
Tennessee RB Dylan Sampson – 5-11, 200
Georgia RB Trevor Etienne – 5-9, 209
Oregon RB Jordan James – 5-10, 205
Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon II – 6-2, 225
Kansas State RB D.J. Giddens – 6-1, 212
Miami RB Damien Martinez – 6-0, 232
Texas RB Jaydon Blue – 6-0, 200
Syracuse RB LeQuint Allen – 6-0, 200
South Carolina RB Raheim Sanders – 6-0, 230
Michigan State RB Nate Carter – 5-10, 200

Missouri WR Luther Burden III – Photo by: USA Today

WIDE RECEIVERS – 7
Arizona WR Tetairoa McMillan – 6-5, 210
Missouri WR Luther Burden III – 5-11, 208
Stanford WR Elic Ayomanor – 6-2, 210
Texas WR Isaiah Bond – 5-11, 180
Texas WR Matthew Golden – 6-0, 190
Louisville WR Ja’Corey Brooks – 6-3, 195
Miami WR Sam Brown Jr. – 6-2, 195

TIGHT ENDS – 5
Michigan TE Colston Loveland – 6-5, 245
Bowling Green TE Harold Fanin Jr. – 6-4, 230
LSU TE Mason Taylor – 6-6, 253
Syracuse TE Oronde Gadsden II – 6-5, 235
Miami TE Elijah Arroyo – 6-4, 245

OFFENSIVE LINE – 11
LSU OT Will Campbell – 6-6, 320
Texas OT Kelvin Banks Jr. – 6-4, 320
Ohio State OT Josh Simmons – 6-5, 310
Alabama G Tyler Booker – 6-5, 325
Arizona OT Jonah Savaiinaea – 6-6, 330
Texas OT Cameron Williams – 6-5, 335
LSU OT Emery Jones Jr. – 6-6, 332
Oregon OT Josh Conerly Jr. – 6-4, 305
Georgia G Dylan Fairchild – 6-5, 315
Missouri OT Armand Membou – 6-3, 325
Purdue OT Marcus Mbow – 6-5, 300

2025 NFL Draft Underclassmen – Defense

Kentucky DT Deone Walker – Photo by: USA Today

DEFENSIVE LINE – 9
Michigan DT Mason Graham – 6-3, 320
Michigan DT Kenneth Grant – 6-3, 339
Ole Miss DT Walter Nolen – 6-3, 305
Kentucky DT Deone Walker – 6-6, 345
Oregon DT Derrick Harmon – 6-5, 310
South Carolina DT T.J. Sanders – 6-4, 290
Florida State DT Joshua Farmer – 6-3, 317
Georgia DT Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins – 6-5, 280
Maryland DT Jordan Phillips – 6-6, 320

EDGE RUSHERS – 7
Penn State Edge Abdul Carter – 6-3, 259
Tennessee Edge James Pearce Jr. – 6-5, 243
Texas A&M Edge Nic Scourton – 6-4, 280
Georgia Edge Mykel Williams – 6-5, 265
Georgia Edge Jalon Walker – 6-2, 245
Texas A&M Edge Shemar Stewart – 6-6, 291
Marshall Edge Mike Green – 6-4, 248

Alabama ILB Jihaad Campbell – Photo by: USA Today

LINEBACKERS – 5
Alabama ILB Jihaad Campbell – 6-3, 244
Ole Miss ILB Chris Paul Jr. – 6-1, 235
Florida ILB Shemar James – 6-1, 235
UCLA ILB Carson Schwesinger – 6-2, 226
Oklahoma State ILB Nick Martin – 6-0, 220

CORNERBACKS – 5
Colorado CB Travis Hunter – 6-1, 185
Michigan CB Will Johnson – 6-2, 202
Kentucky CB Maxwell Hairston – 6-1, 186
Kansas State CB Jacob Parrish – 5-10, 198
Florida State CB Azareye’h Thomas – 6-2, 198

SAFETIES – 3
Georgia S Malaki Starks – 6-1, 205
South Carolina S Nick Emmanwori – 6-3, 227
Penn State S Kevin Winston Jr. – 6-2, 208