The Buccaneers have never before made the 27th-overall pick in the NFL Draft but are slotted in that spot in the first round this year after their Divisional Round elimination
Presented by New Orleans Saints defensive end Cam Jordan approaches 10-year draft anniversary A team wants me to the point where they drafted me in the first round, and now it s time to prove what I m worth By John DeShazier Apr 12, 2021 Photographs By Ben Liebenberg
More than the actual waiting, the exhale is what Cam Jordan most remembers a decade later.
The expectation on draft night was that the defensive end from the University of California, Berkeley, was a top 15 pick. And when the draft reached No. 16, and two more ends were picked (Ryan Kerrigan, by Washington at 16 and Adrian Clayborn, by Tampa Bay at 20) to push to four the number of defensive ends selected, a twinge of doubt crept in.