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Buccaneers: Mock Draft Monday had Veterans Day off

By Cory Kinnan

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 28: Vernon Hargreaves III of Florida holds up a jersey after being picked #11 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 28: Vernon Hargreaves III of Florida holds up a jersey after being picked #11 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 28, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jon Durr/Getty Images) /
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WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 19: Cam Akers #3 of the Florida State Seminoles reacts after scoring a touchdown against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons during the first half of their game at BB&T Field on October 19, 2019 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 19: Cam Akers #3 of the Florida State Seminoles reacts after scoring a touchdown against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons during the first half of their game at BB&T Field on October 19, 2019 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

804. Pick Analysis. Pick 104. RB. player. Scouting Report. Round 4. Cam Akers

Back-to-back Florida State picks! Here in the fourth round, the Buccaneers are able to bolster their rushing attack by selecting Seminoles’ standout Cam Akers with the 104th overall pick in the draft. With Ronald Jones finally taking over the wheels of the rushing attack, (however late in the season it may have happened) and with Peyton Barber on the last year of his deal and unlikely to return, adding another running back should be a priority for the pewter and red.

Akers has great vision and footwork, is a great receiver out of the backfield, and even shows some power when he runs the football. While this writer has him rated as a third round prospect (scouting report can be found here), he was available in the fourth round of this mock draft done on TDN’s mock draft machine.

After a down season behind a terrible FSU offensive line in 2018, Akers has rebounded nicely this year for the Seminoles (even though his line situation has not improved all that much). Averaging nearly five yards per carry, Akers has rushed for 1,042 yards and scored 13 touchdowns for the Seminoles; he has also caught 28 passes out of the backfield for 224 receiving yards and an additional four scores.

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