The Buffalo Bills’ Senior Bowl Draftees

05/05/2018
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The 2018 NFL Draft has come and gone, and the Bills added eight new players to their squad. 1(7) QB Josh Allen Wyoming 1(15) LB Tremaine Edmunds Virginia Tech 3(96) DT Harrison Phillips Stanford 4(121) CB Taron Johnson Weber St. 5(154) CB Siran Neal Jacksonville St. 5(166) G Wyatt Teller Virginia Tech 6(187) WR Ray Ray Mccloud Clemson 7(255) WR Austin Proehl UNC   These are players that the Bills’ front office had been scouting for at least a year. Their area scouts are often on the road for 250-300 days a year meeting with prospect coaches, speaking with people close to them, doing background investigations, and ultimately watching hours upon hours of tape. While their work culminates on draft night, there’s an event that has been crucial to the Bills’ draft habits: the Reese’s Senior Bowl.   What’s so fascinating about the event is that anyone and everyone that is involved with the NFL attends. It is also one of the few events where everyone in the Buffalo Bills Scouting Department will be on hand to scout players together, and this year the Senior Bowl appeared to (again) play a major part in their draft.   Bills trade with the Ravens…

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