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Buccaneers trade up to take kicker Roberto Aguayo

We have a Day 2 kicker selection in the 2016 NFL Draft!

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded back up into the second round to select Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo.

The Bucs traded a third-round pick (No. 74) and a fourth rounder (106) to Kansas City to move to No. 59 overall to snag the kicker.

Aguayo left FSU a year early as the most accurate kicker in NCAA history.

Aguayo becomes just the fourth kicker drafted in the first two rounds in the past 25 years, joining Mike Nugent (Jets, 2005, 47th overall), Sebastian Janikowski (Raiders, 2000, 17th overall) and Jason Hanson (Lions, 1992, 56th overall).

The Buccaneers were a revolving door at kicker last season. Tampa booters made just 72.5 percent of their FG attempts (30th in NFL) and missed three extra points.

The new extra-point rule puts a heavier emphasis on kicking accuracy, and the Bucs reached into the second round to try and solve their struggles.

Aguayo will join his former FSU teammate Jameis Winston in Tampa Bay.

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