The Facts: Ordinarily, when a team trades up in the second round to draft a player, that player's roster spot is safe for at least a couple years. But Aguayo is no ordinary second-year player. Aguayo, the kicker the Buccaneers drafted last season, had a terrible rookie year and will have to compete with veteran Nick Folk for the kicking job. He says he embraces that. "It is motivation," Aguayo said.
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Aguayo added: "When I was in college there would be walk-on kids come in and I didn’t know who they were or if they were good or whatever. But whoever they were, it was always a competition for me. Just seeing someone else out there trying to compete. I like it.” Aguayo said he thinks both he and Folk will benefit from the pressure of a camp competition. “It is good motivation for both of us and it is just going to make both of us better," he said. "And the better one will come out on top.” As PFT's Michael David Smith notes, the Bucs’ decision to draft Aguayo was widely criticized at the time and will be criticized even more if he can’t beat out Folk this summer. He sounds confident that he can vindicate the team’s faith in him.