The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Clemson defensive tackle demonte capehart with the 155th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, adding another big body to a defensive front already built around size and power. Capehart enters the league as a mountain of a man who moves with purpose, and Tampa Bay is betting that translates to the interior at the next level.
Capehart made his name by stuffing the run and using a long wingspan to wrap up ball-carriers, traits that fit a team looking for more resistance in the middle. He played in over 57 games across a six-year career at Clemson, giving the Buccaneers a veteran presence for a late-round pick.
He joins Vita Vea and Calijah Kancey on a defensive front that gives Tampa Bay a clear identity up the middle. The Buccaneers have spent much of the 2026 draft adding across the roster, selecting Miami edge rusher Rueben Bain Jr. with the 15th pick, Mizzou linebacker Josiah Trotter with the 46th overall pick, Georgia State wide receiver Ted Hurst with the 84th overall selection, Miami defender Keionte Scott during the draft, and Notre Dame guard Billy Schrauth with the 160th pick in the fifth round.
That kind of activity points to a front office willing to keep stacking the class rather than waiting on one marquee addition to fix everything. Capehart fits that approach: not flashy, but the sort of interior defender who can make a defense harder to move when the game turns physical.