Bucs kicking the tires on SEC standout amid run of meetings with draft prospects in a pressing area
The Bucs have continued to do their due diligence ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft in an area where they've admitted they need substantial help: in their cornerback room. As such, Tampa Bay has set up meetings with a number of cornerback draft prospects this month with top 30 visits with the draft now less […]
The Bucs have continued to do their due diligence ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft in an area where they've admitted they need substantial help: in their cornerback room.
As such, Tampa Bay has set up meetings with a number of cornerback draft prospects this month with top 30 visits with the draft now less than 3 weeks away. The first three scheduled were East Carolina CB Shavon Revel, Jr., Kansas State's Jacob Parrish, and Oregon's Nikko Reed. Now you can add another to that list.
The latest to schedule a visit with the back-to-back-to-back-to-back defending NFC South champions is Ole Miss CB Trey Amos, per NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.
Amos started his college career with Louisiana, where he spent his first 3 seasons. He transferred to Alabama in the 2023 offseason, where he appeared in 14 games, but wasn't extensively used, with 340 total snaps.
That changed in a big way in his final year at Ole Miss in 2024. Amos saw 841 snaps, and he set career highs in total tackles (50), tackles for loss (4), passes defended (13), and interceptions (3). He allowed an opposing passer rating of just 54.5 and a catch rate of 51.6% for just 8.8 yards per catch.
Amos has good size for a boundary cornerback at 6'1", 195 pounds and ran a 4.43 40-yard dash to show he's got the speed to go with the ideal size for the position. It's a question of where the Bucs would pull the trigger on Amos if they did. It's tough to see the 19th pick going on him, but Tampa Bay is on the clock next at pick #53 overall in the second round.
If he's still in play, he could make a lot of sense for a defense looking to significantly upgrade and improvement to their pass defense after shaky stretches in 2024.
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