We all know that this is a position that the Buccaneers have been looking to bolster since Simeon Rice was released after the 2006 season, but since he was the last Buccaneers with ten or more sacks in a season … Twelve years ago! How bad has the defensive end search been for the Buccaneers? Well let’s look into their drafts picks and free agent signing since that time and see.
Since Rice was released eleven seasons ago the Buccaneers have drafted a total of nine defensive ends but only two in the first round (Gaines Adams – 2007 and Adrian Clayborn – 2011), two in the second round (Da’Quan Bowers – 2011 and Noah Spence – 2016), none in the third round and five in rounds four through seven.