Bucs shopping for running back

and coach Dirk Koetter would draft anyone, including Cook, simply because Winston thinks he'd be a good fit for an offense that added veteran receiver DeSean Jackson in free agency.

“I do talk to Jameis about players at Florida State. He was recently there, so he's got a little feel for them. I've talked to Gerald McCoy about what he knows about Oklahoma players and Robert Ayers and Lavonte David, and the list goes on and on,” Licht said.

Licht finds himself pondering the need for a running back just year after a giving a big contract to two-time Pro Bowl selection Doug Martin, who missed most of 2016 because of injuries and a suspension that extends into next season.

Tampa Bay interviewed Joe Mixon in the weeks leading up to the draft, and Licht declined to say whether the Oklahoma running back remains on the team's draft board.

“We have a handful of players that we've already taken off our board, and not all of it for criminal matters, but also just from a perspective of getting along with the team and being a worker and being a team-first guy,” Licht said. “That's the type of person we want here. So, I won't say whether we took him off or not. I felt like the time spent with him was valuable.”

A potentially dominant edge pass rusher or hardhitting safety could be attractive, too, as Licht and Koetter continue to rebuild a defense that showed signs of improvement late last season.

The GM is running his fourth draft with Tampa Bay, which hasn't made the playoffs since 2007.