blacklabel Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Heading into 2018 training camp, I decided to take a look at the Bills roster to see how the current group came together. Total Overall Players as of 7/26: 89 Total Overall Draft Picks: 44 Total Bills Draft Picks: 19 Players Acquired Via Trade: 3 -J. Hughes (2013), L. McCoy (2015), K. Benjamin (2017) Total Overall Undrafted Players: 45 (This includes players added via waivers or signed from practice squads) Total Undrafted Players Originally Signed by Bills: 19 Total Players Who Began Career w/Bills (i.e. "Homegrown Talent"): 38 Total Players Who Began Career w/Different Team: 51 Total 1st Round Picks: 8 (* = drafted by Bills) -K. Benjamin, J. Allen*, V. Davis, T. White*, T. Edmunds*, J. Hughes, S. Lawson*, S. Lotulelei Total 2nd Round Picks: 5 -Z. Jones*, L. McCoy, V. Ducasse, D. Dawkins*, T. Murphy Total 3rd Round Picks: 5 -P. Gaines, O. Odighizuwa, J. Miller*, A. Washington*, H. Phillips* Total 4th Round Picks: 5 -T. Johnson*, T. Jones, R. Bodine, L. Thomas, K. Robinson Total 5th Round Picks: 10 -N. Peterman*, A. McCarron, J. Kerley, M. Hyde, S. Neal*, M. Milano*, M. Newhouse, W. Teller*, J. Mills, K. Williams* Total 6th Round Picks: 6 -R. McCloud*, K. Clay, T. Vallejo*, C. McDermott, N. O'Leary*, C. Clay Total 7th Round Picks: 4 -M. Dupre, J. Poyer, M. Murphy, A. Proehl* Total Undrafted Players: 45 -S. Hauschka, C. Phillips*, C. Schmidt, C. Carter, R. Foster*, T. Davis*, A. Holmes, Q. Bray, R. Bush, L. Pitts, D. Marlowe, C. Ivory, K. Ford*, K. McCray, L. McCray, T. Cadet, B. Borders*, P. DiMarco, M. Boesen*, D. Lacey, R. Carter*, Z. Olstead*, R. Humber, J. Stanford, C. Thompson*, X. Woodson-Luster, E. Yarbrough, M. Love*, L. Alexander, A. Redmond, J. James, I. Boettger*, G. de Beer*, R. Ferguson*, R. Groy, D. Wesley, M. Porter*, J. Croom*, R. Streater, K. Towbridge*, K. Lee, B. Reilly*, R. Hatley, T. Fede, M. Lewis* Edited July 26, 2018 by blacklabel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 An interesting overview for sure. I’m amazed at the even spread across the various Draft Rounds. I still recall posting a few years back how the Bills were a ‘couldn’t miss’ because they’re roster (especially on defense) was stacked with first and second round picks. Needless to say....they ‘missed’. We’ll see if a more diverse group is the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg1029 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, blacklabel said: Heading into 2018 training camp, I decided to take a look at the Bills roster to see how the current group came together. Total Overall Players as of 7/26: 89 Total Overall Draft Picks: 44 Total Bills Draft Picks: 19 Players Acquired Via Trade: 2 -L. McCoy, J. Hughes Total Overall Undrafted Players: 45 (This includes players added via waivers or signed from practice squads) Total Undrafted Players Originally Signed by Bills: 19 Total Players Who Began Career w/Bills (i.e. "Homegrown Talent"): 38 Total Players Who Began Career w/Different Team: 51 Total 1st Round Picks: 8 (* = drafted by Bills) -K. Benjamin, J. Allen*, V. Davis, T. White*, T. Edmunds*, J. Hughes, S. Lawson*, S. Lotulelei Total 2nd Round Picks: 5 -Z. Jones*, L. McCoy, V. Ducasse, D. Dawkins*, T. Murphy Total 3rd Round Picks: 5 -P. Gaines, O. Odighizuwa, J. Miller*, A. Washington*, H. Phillips* Total 4th Round Picks: 5 -T. Johnson*, T. Jones, R. Bodine, L. Thomas, K. Robinson Total 5th Round Picks: 10 -N. Peterman*, A. McCarron, J. Kerley, M. Hyde, S. Neal*, M. Milano*, M. Newhouse, W. Teller*, J. Mills, K. Williams* Total 6th Round Picks: 6 -R. McCloud*, K. Clay, T. Vallejo*, C. McDermott, N. O'Leary*, C. Clay Total 7th Round Picks: 4 -M. Dupre, J. Poyer, M. Murphy, A. Proehl* Total Undrafted Players: 45 -S. Hauschka, C. Phillips*, C. Schmidt, C. Carter, R. Foster*, T. Davis*, A. Holmes, Q. Bray, R. Bush, L. Pitts, D. Marlowe, C. Ivory, K. Ford*, K. McCray, L. McCray, T. Cadet, B. Borders*, P. DiMarco, M. Boesen*, D. Lacey, R. Carter*, Z. Olstead*, R. Humber, J. Stanford, C. Thompson*, X. Woodson-Luster, E. Yarbrough, M. Love*, L. Alexander, A. Redmond, J. James, I. Boettger*, G. de Beer*, R. Ferguson*, R. Groy, D. Wesley, M. Porter*, J. Croom*, R. Streater, K. Towbridge*, K. Lee, B. Reilly*, R. Hatley, T. Fede, M. Lewis* Wasn't Kelvin Benjamin acquired via trade? I'm assuming you're not counting draft picks that we traded for. Fun list, thanks for it. Would be interesting to see where the Bills stack up vs other teams in terms of "homegrown talent". It feels like they have let go a lot of their former draft picks recently. Edited July 26, 2018 by berg1029 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hondo in seattle Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Right now half of our roster went undrafted. Percentages will change as we move from 90 to 53. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabel Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 24 minutes ago, berg1029 said: Wasn't Kelvin Benjamin acquired via trade? I'm assuming you're not counting draft picks that we traded for. Fun list, thanks for it. Would be interesting to see where the Bills stack up vs other teams in terms of "homegrown talent". It feels like they have let go a lot of their former draft picks recently. Whoops! Good catch. I'll fix that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Poster Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 (edited) Pretty clear that your best players come from the first few rounds yet we stay enamored with late round or undrafted bums year after year. Edited July 26, 2018 by Elite Poster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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