2012 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Select...

With the fifth overall pick in the 2012 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, Andrew Bernius selected for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who finished the 2011 season with a 4-12 record.

With the fifth overall pick in the 2012 Cincy Jungle Mock Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Select...

Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU

After bolstering the offense via free agency with the acquisitions of Carl Nicks and Vincent Jackson, the Bucs go defense with the first pick in the Greg Schiano era. Claiborne is clearly the highest rated cornerback prospect in the 2012 draft and is a top Bucs need in a division which boasts franchise quarterbacks Drew Brees, Matt Ryan and Cam Newton.

Trent Richardson is a sexy pick often associated with the Bucs at the five-spot but the needs at corner are far too great to pass up on a prospect like Claiborne. With Ronde Barber's eventual retirement creeping closer (he will be 37 at the start of the 2012 season) and Aquib Talib's growing police file, the Bucs' only remaining long term quality starter at corner is the newly signed Eric Wright.

With this in mind, the Bucs reunite Claiborne with his former LSU Defensive Backs Coach/Current Bucs Defensive Backs Coach Ron Cooper, and look to their second round pick and the multiple quality running backs likely to still be on the board, for a compliment to LeGarrette Blount.

Morris Claiborne Highlights:

Joe Goodberry's Instant Analysis:

I think the Buccaneers jump for joy with Claiborne still available. With Ronde Barber close to retirement and Aqib Talib close to incarceration, The Bucs need a new shutdown CB in a pass-happy division. Claiborne has better coverage skills than last year's number five pick Patrick Peterson, this was an easy pick despite Trent Richardson being on the clock.
Grade: A
Value: +1

Draft Overview:

#	Team	Picked By	Name/Positon of Pick
1	Indianapolis	Alex Neyer	Andrew Luck QB
2	Washington	David Farrelly	Robert Griffin III QB
3	Minnesota	Palewook	Matt Kalil OT
4	Cleveland	Jason Garrison	Justin Blackmon WR
5	Tampa Bay	Andrew Bernius	Morris Claiborne CB
6	St. Louis	Jim0ijk
7	Jacksonville	AK513
8	Miami	Dan Lockhart
9	Carolina	Jason Blanton
10	Buffalo	Casey Penn
11	Kansas City	Kenneth Taylor
12	Seattle	Jerod Egner
13	Arizona	Dan Wolford
14	Dallas	Joshua Foster
15	Philadelphia	Travis Parker
16	New York Jets	Kenneth Taylor
17	Cincinnati (from Oakland)	Jason Garrison
18	San Diego	Anthony Knox
19	Chicago	Steve Whited
20	Tennessee	Jeff Welch
21	Cincinnati	Jason Garrison
22	Cleveland (from Atlanta)	Jason Garrison
23	Detroit	Andrew Perrotta
24	Pittsburgh	Jason Garrison
25	Denver	Jared Morgan
26	Houston	Brett Kollman
27	New England (from New Orleans)	Anthony Knox
28	Green Bay	Travis Castleman
29	Baltimore	Jason Garrison
30	San Francisco	Chris Brown
31	New England	Anthony Knox
32	New York Giants	Matt Leitner