Stevie Tu’ikolovatu’s long road to the 2017 NFL Draft is complete. The USC defensive lineman is now a Buccaneer.
Tampa Bay made Tu’ikolovatu their pick in the seventh round of the draft, making him the fifht Trojan selected this year after Adoree’ Jackson to the Tennessee Titans, JuJu Smith-Schuster to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Zach Banner to the Indianapolis Colts and Leon McQuay III to the Kansas City Chiefs.
The defensive lineman spent just one season at USC, but he made the most of his shot to improve his draft stock after transferring from Utah in 2016.
Tu’ikolovatu, who had been relegated to a back up role with the Utes, took center stage for the Trojans at nose tackle, anchoring the defensive line with power and reliability.