The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in need of boosting their pass rush at some point this offseason.
NFL.com writer Gennaro Filice believes that the Bucs could take a risk with this by selecting Texas A&M pass rusher Shemar Stewart with the No. 19 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
“The emerging narrative around Stewart: He’s the biggest boom-or-bust prospect in this draft. Why? Because he’s such an extreme case study for the traits-vs.-production debate,” Filice writes.
“The versatile defensive lineman turned heads at the Senior Bowl and is expected to blow up the combine with athletic feats that shouldn’t be possible for a 6-foot-5, 281-pounder. Despite his eye-popping physical gifts, though, Stewart totaled just 4.5 sacks over three seasons at Texas A&M, logging exactly 1.5 each fall. But Bucs GM Jason Licht has a thing for front-seven freaks…”
Stewart may not have gotten the results he had hoped for while in college, but size sells in the NFL, which could lead to a home with the Bucs in the future.
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