TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have selected Clemson defensive end Da'Quan Bowers in the second round of the NFL draft, a bold move the team hopes will help rejuvenate a weak pass rush.
The Bucs selected Iowa defensive end Adrian Clayborn with the 20th pick of the first round. Bowers was the 51st selection overall, although there's a question of when he'll be able to play because he recovering from right knee surgery.
Bowers had 15.5 sacks as a junior in 2010 and joins a defense that ranked 30th among 32 NFL teams in that category last season.
It's the second straight year the Bucs have used their top two picks on defensive linemen. Tackles Gerald McCoy and Brian Price were taken in the first two rounds in 2010.
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The Buccaneers went with a real Character guy with this pick. Da'Quan Bowers (in the pink suit) plays professionally in a Gospel band the tours the country playing in churches and performance halls (he is no ghetto rapper). Bowers has been playing the guitar since he was four years old and he can play like Jimmy Hendrix they say. He is committed to the Lord, and football is not his greatest passion. He has always wanted to perform with the legendary Singing Stars. Strange about football. If not for the knee injury, scouts said he may have been the first player taken in the draft. This very talented young man seems to be able to go in any direction.
The Bucs took two inside DT last year in the first and second round of the NFL draft. This year they take the DE position. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won a Super Bowl with defense. The new coach Raheem Morris is loading up on the defense now that his offense is a rising force in the league. I just hope there is football this year. The Bucs would suffer more then most teams since they are a young and developing team (10-6 last year).
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