The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had one of the best rookie classes in the league during the 2019 season.
According to USA Today’s Bucs Wire, Tampa Bay had the No. 7-ranked rookie class in the NFL ranked by ESPN. The network used advanced metrics to rank all 32 teams on the value of their rookie class.
Here’s what ESPN had to say about the Buccaneers’ rookie class:
“The Buccaneers have made the secondary a priority in recent drafts, and they have hit on some of those picks. Both Sean Murphy-Bunting and Jamel Dean showed promise as rookies, particularly Dean.