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Bucs’ top two draft picks earn starting roles ahead of Week 1

Rookies Rueben Bain Jr. and Josiah Trotter will open Week 1 as starters as Tampa Bay sets its first regular-season depth chart. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will waste little time getting.

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Rookies Rueben Bain Jr. and Josiah Trotter will open as Tampa Bay sets its first regular-season depth chart.

The Offense

Position	First	Second	Third/Fourth
WR	Jalen McMillan	Ted Hurst III
WR	Chris Godwin Jr.	Kameron Johnson
LT	Tristan Wirfs	Ben Chukwuma
LG	Ben Bredeson	Billy Schrauth
C	Graham Barton	Dan Feeney
RG	Cody Mauch	Luke Haggard
RT	Luke Goedeke	Justin Skule
WR	Emeka Egbuka	Tez Johnson
TE	Cade Otton	Payne Durham	Ko Kieft / Bauer Sharp
QB	Baker Mayfield	Jalon Daniels
RB	Bucky Irving	Kenny Gainwell	Sean Tucker

Defense

Position	First	Second	Third
DL	Calijah Kancey	Elijah Roberts
NT	Vita Vea	Rakeem Nuñez-Roches	Elijah Simmons
DL	A’Shawn Robinson	DeMonte Capehart
OLB	Yaya Diaby	Anthony Nelson	David Walker
ILB	Josiah Trotter	SirVocea Dennis
ILB	Alex Anzalone	Christian Rozeboom
OLB	Rueben Bain Jr.	Al-Quadin Muhammad
CB	Zyon McCollum	Benjamin Morrison	Ayden Garnes
CB	Jacob Parrish	Keionte Scott	Kevin Knowles
S	Antoine Winfield Jr.
S	Tykee Smith	Miles Killebrew

Special teams

Position	First	Second
P	Riley Dixon
PK	Chase McLaughlin
KO	Chase McLaughlin
H	Riley Dixon
LS	Evan Deckers
PR	Kameron Johnson	Tez Johnson
KR	Sean Tucker	Kenny Gainwell
KR	Kameron Johnson

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