An NFL team can find star players in a wide variety of ways. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers squads of recent vintage, for instance, were largely built through the draft, but the team's last two starting quarterbacks came aboard via unrestricted free agency. Throughout their first half-century of football, the Buccaneers have uncovered cornerstone players with the first pick in the draft (e.g. Lee Roy Selmon, later in the first round (Derrick Brooks), in the middle rounds (John Lynch), in the late rounds (David Logan), in undrafted free agency (Cecil Johnson), in free agency (Simeon Rice) and even via trades (Joey Galloway).
Our latest group of players in the ongoing top 50 players reveal represents that wide spectrum of plyer origins. Since 1976, more than 1,200 players have worn the Tampa Bay