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No. 7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: S Mark Barron, Alabama

Some scouts say Barron reminds them of a young <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT004449" title="Ronnie Lott" href="/topic/sports/ronnie-lott-PESPT004449.topic">Ronnie Lott</a>. He didn’t work out at the combine, having just undergone double hernia surgery, but his stock has been climbing for weeks. He considers himself <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000007" title="National Football League" href="/topic/sports/football/national-football-league-ORSPT000007.topic">NFL</a>-ready. “We played in a very difficult defense, first of all,” he said at the combine. “We did a lot of different schemes. My role was, as far as communicating, I had a lot to do with that on the back end. And I felt like sometimes, I brought some energy to it with the hits I make and things of that nature. I did a lot of different things.”
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( Keith Srakocic / Associated Press )

Some scouts say Barron reminds them of a young Ronnie Lott. He didn’t work out at the combine, having just undergone double hernia surgery, but his stock has been climbing for weeks. He considers himself NFL-ready. “We played in a very difficult defense, first of all,” he said at the combine. “We did a lot of different schemes. My role was, as far as communicating, I had a lot to do with that on the back end. And I felt like sometimes, I brought some energy to it with the hits I make and things of that nature. I did a lot of different things.”

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