The 2025 NFL Scouting Mix is underway and the Bucs are busy assembly with draft prospects in Indianapolis this week. Every NFL crew is allowed to conduct 45 formal interviews, the place they’ll meet with prospects for 18 minutes. That’s a current change, as 4 years in the past, NFL groups have been allowed 60 15-minute formal interviews.
Tampa Bay’s space scouts and place coaches can conduct casual interviews with greater than 45 gamers, however the 45 formal interviews are in entrance of the Bucs coordinators, along with head coach Todd Bowles and basic supervisor Jason Licht.
Pewter Report is compiling an inventory of draft prospects we will affirm have met with the Bucs in Indianapolis – both formally or informally. Remember that the Bucs didn’t meet with former first-round decide Calijah Kancey the NFL Scouting Mix in 2023, nor did the crew have Kancey in for a High 30 go to. Tampa Bay utterly disguised their curiosity in Kancey earlier than deciding on him.
This Bucs Mix Interview Tracker might be up to date day by day in the course of the week in Indy, so verify again typically. Prospects who’ve been formally interviewed seem in daring textual content. Updates might be famous with two asterisks (**) and italicization.
BUCS COMBINE INTERVIEWS
DEFENSIVE LINE – Wednesday
NDSU G Gray Zabel and Toledo DT Darius Alexander – Photograph by: USA At the moment
Toledo DL Darius AlexanderSouth Carolina DL Tonka HemingwayUtah DL Junior TafunaClemson DL Payton PageBYU DL Tyler BattyGeorgia DL Warren Brinson
The Bucs have met with a minimum of 4 defensive tackles in formal interviews. Toledo’s Darius Alexander is the lone defensive sort out with a first-round grade. Tampa Bay might use extra expertise and depth alongside the inside of the defensive position, and it must be famous that Professional Bowler Vita Vea turned 30 this offseason and high reserve Logan Corridor is coming into a contract 12 months.
EDGE RUSHERS – Wednesday
Marshall OLB Mike Inexperienced – Photograph by: USA At the moment
Marshall edge rusher Mike GreenBoston Faculty edge rusher Donovan EzeiruakuTexas A&M edge rusher Shemar StewartOle Miss edge rusher Princely UmanmielenUCLA edge rusher Oluwafemi OladejoCentral Arkansas edge rusher David WalkerLSU edge rusher Sai’Vion JonesLouisville edge rusher Ashton GillotteBoise State edge rusher Ahmed HassaneinOle Miss edge rusher Jared IveyMiami edge rusher Tyler BaronTexas edge rusher Barryn SorrellOklahoma edge rusher Ethan DownsMinnesota edge rusher Jah JoynerTexas A&M edge rusher Fadil Diggs
Georgia edge rusher Jalon Walker was requested if he had interviewed with the Bucs however refused to say.
Tampa Bay is clearly specializing in drafting an edge rusher this 12 months, and that’s no secret, as each head coach Todd Bowles and basic supervisor Jason Licht have each talked about the place as a crew want. The Bucs have interviewed a minimum of seven edge rushers on the 2025 NFL Scouting Mix, together with three potential first-round picks in Marshall’s Mike Inexperienced, Boston Faculty’s Donovan Ezeiruaku and Texas A&M’s Shemar Stewart.
LINEBACKERS – Wednesday
Oregon ILB Jeffrey Bassa – Photograph by: USA At the moment
Alabama ILB Jihaad CampbellOregon ILB Jeffrey BassaFlorida ILB Shemar JamesOklahoma State ILB Nickolas MartinGeorgia ILB Smael MondonPenn State ILB Kobe KingAuburn ILB Jalen McLeodUCLA ILB Kain MedranoNorth Carolina ILB Energy EcholsRutgers ILB Tyreem PowellUtah ILB Karene ReidMiami ILB Francisco Mauigoa
UCLA ILB Carson Schwesinger mentioned he “met with a lot of teams.”
Tampa Bay interviewed a minimum of six inside linebackers on the NFL Scouting Mix. The Bucs might should fill each beginning inside linebacker spots if 35-year-old Lavonte David decides to retire this offseason. Alabama’s Jihaad Campbell is taken into account a possible first-round decide.
PUNTERS – Wednesday
Florida P Jeremy CrawshawAlabama P James Burnip
