Every year, the NFL draft headlines are dominated by the big names and first-round picks, and with good reason. But sometimes, teams can get huge contributions from picks outside of the top 32.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are well aware of this, having selected key starters like Lavonte David, Chris Godwin, Ali Marpet, Donovan Smith, Carlton Davis, Sean Murphy-Bunting, Jordan Whitehead, Ronald Jones II and Antoine Winfield Jr. outside of the first round.
If the Bucs want to get similar value from their later selections this year, here are a handful of underrated prospects they could target in the 2021 NFL draft:
Northern Iowa EDGE Elerson Smith
Wisconsin-Whitewater OL Quinn Meinerz
UCLA RB/WR Demetric Felton
East Carolina OT D’Ante Smith
West Virginia LB Tony Fields II
Northern Iowa OT Spencer Brown
Central Arkansas DB Robert Rochell
Memphis RB Kenneth Gainwell
Pitt OL Jimmy Morrissey
Texas A&M QB Kellen Mond
Buffalo RB Jaret Patterson
Syracuse S Andre Cisco
North Texas WR Jaelon Darden
South Carolina CB Israel Mukuamu
Mississippi State RB Kylin Hill
Oregon Stat EDGE Hamilcar Rashed Jr.
UAB WR Austin Watkins
Wake Forest QB Jamie Newman
BYU TE Matt Bushman
Cincinnati OT James Hudson
Louisiana Tech DL Milton Williams
Grambling OL David Moore
Kentucky CB Kelvin Joseph
BYU OT Brady Christensen
Pitt S Paris Ford