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Buccaneers awarded sixth round compensatory pick

It is officially that time of the offseason where has the league hands out compensatory picks. Compensatory picks are given out to teams based on the players that they lost during the free agency cycle a year ago.

The league has equated Tampa Bay's losses, from a year ago, to a sixth round pick in this year's draft. Sixth round picks may not jolt excitement through anyone's veins but sixth rounders (Like any other pick) have the potential to come in and contribute.

In the Buccaneers’ most recent run to the Super Bowl, the team was led by two noteworthy players who didn’t hear their names called until the sixth round of the NFL Draft

Wild Card Round - Tampa Bay Buccaneers v Washington Football Team
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Antonio Brown was a sixth round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2010 draft.