The Bucs are NOW noted for prioritizing character in player selection, and, in particular, football lovers, guys who were captains etc.
Part of that has to come from their NEGATIVE experience with guys like Devin White. This was Licht recently, as described on The Athletic and JBF:
In hindsight, Licht believes he was fooled in 2019 when he chose linebacker Devin White in the first round. White was a starter for the better part of five years for the Bucs but eventually was let go. He’s with his third team since.
“Knowing what I know now, he would have been off my board,” Licht says. “It was too much about him.”
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6538680/2025/08/12/buccaneers-gm-jason-licht-character/
In his post draft comments Arians described White as a guy who just LOVES football. He is/was the opposite.