Chris Braswell

Buccaneers selected Alabama EDGE Chris Braswell with the No. 57 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Braswell (6’3/251) was rated as a high four-star prospect and 39th overall player from the 2020 recruiting cycle according to 247Sports. He didn’t play as a freshman but was very productive in limited duty the following year, accruing 11 pressures and 8 stops in just 114 reps while receiving Freshman All-American accolades. A two-time member of Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List, Braswell transitioned to a full-time role in 2022 and thrived, chalking up 30 pressures, a 17 percent third-down pressure rate and an 81st percentile PFF pass rush grade in 330 snaps. The Baltimore native flourished in 2023, creating 56 pressures while almost doubling his sack rate from 1.8-to-3.3%. His 88th% pass rush grade charted as the seventh best grade in the Power Five among edge defenders, while Braswell also led the Tide with three forced fumbles. He excelled on the Combine track, running a 1.58s 10-yard split (97th%) and 4.6s 40-yard dash ranked in the 96th percentile for a 251-pounder. A well-schooled student of the game, Braswell deftly converts speed-to-power and brandishes a rounded pass rush toolkit that includes a formidable longarm maneuver with educated hands to keep his pads clean. He can be a little sluggish getting out of his four-point stance and is lacking in prototypical size to be cast as a stout edge-setter. While he is still developing and doesn’t have the sky-high upside of his Alabama contemporaries Dallas Turner and Will Anderson, he has the requisite tools to become a starting EDGE defender.