NFL Draft 2011: Buccaneers Spend Time with Kerrigan, Jordan

Thursday night is nearly here.

Sometime late, perhaps approaching midnight, we'll find out who the Bucs take with the 20th selection and if they'll stay at No. 20.

To help you take notes and connect the dots, we provided the defensive backs who have visited One Buccaneer Place (Prince Amukamara, Cortez Allen, Davon House, Ron Parker and Curtis Bown).

For your pre-draft notebooks, here are the defensive ends and linebackers who've stopped by:

Defensive Ends:

Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue (6'4", 270 lbs):                Projected:      Round 1

Cameron Jordan, Cal (6'4", 287 lbs):                  Projected:     Round 1

Allen Bailey, Miami (6'3", 285 lbs):                    Projected:     Round 2 or 3

Chris Carter, Fresno State (6'1", 248 lbs)            Projected:     Round 3

Markell Carter, Central Arkansas (6'4", 252 lbs)    Projected:     Round 5 or 6

Linebackers:

Akeem Ayers, UCLA (6'2", 254 lbs):             Projected:  Round 1

Justin Houston, Georgia (6'2", 220 lbs):       Projected:  Round 1 or 2

Quan Sturdivant, UNC (6'1", 241 lbs):          Projected:  Round 2 or 3

Dontay Moch, Nevada (6'1", 248 lbs):           Projected:  Round 2 or 3

Akeem Dent, Georgia (6'2", 242 lbs):            Projected:  Round 5

Colin McCarthy, Miami (6'1", 238 lbs)           Projected:   Round 4 or 5

Note: Ayers, Houston and Moch are OLBs; Dent Sturdivant and McCarthy are ILBs.  McCarthy had a private workout.

There you have them. Write 'em down and see who shows up on Thursday and Friday.