NFL mock draft 2026: Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon

Welcome back to another year of the SB Nation Community Mock Draft!

As we do every draft season, all 32 NFL sites at SB Nation come together to fill out an entire first-round mock draft leading up to the actual event that takes place from April 23-25. One by one, our site managers will make their picks and provide their reasoning behind the selection. From there, I will provide further analysis on top of giving a final opinion on the pick!

Without further ado, let’s keep things rolling!

With the 15th overall pick in the 2026 SB Nation Community Mock Draft, Bucs Nation’s Gil Arcia and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Kenyon Sadiq, tight end, Oregon!

Arcia’s analysis:

My analysis: This feels like such a Buccaneers pick. Tampa Bay will never get tired of improving its offensive firepower around their quarterback and this one makes sense given they lost longtime wideout Mike Evans to the Niners.

Sadiq is one of the biggest freak athletes at the tight end position to come out of the draft in recent memory and he’s going to be such a fun weapon for any offensive coordinator at the next level. He gives good effort as a run blocker, but his biggest impact for an offense will be as a mismatch chess piece who can move all over the formation.

Even with the Bucs bringing back Cade Otton, Sadiq should pair nicely on 2TE sets for Baker Mayfield.