List of Buffalo Bills first-round draft picks

Joe Delamielleure, drafted by the Bills in 1973, became a Hall of Famer in 2003.

The Buffalo Bills are an American football franchise based in Orchard Park, New York. They are members of the American Football Conference (AFC) East division in the National Football League (NFL).[1]

Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. The NFL Draft, as a whole, gives the advantage to the teams that did poorly the previous season. The 30 teams that did not make the Super Bowl are ranked in order so the team with the worst record picks first and the team with the best record pick last. The two exceptions to this inverse order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion selects 32nd overall, and the Super Bowl loser selects 31st overall. If the franchise so chooses, they may trade their draft picks for any combination of draft picks, players, and money.[2]

Key

Table key
^ Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
— The Bills did not draft a player in the first round that year.
Year Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft.
Pick Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Position Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
College The player's college football team

Player selections

Bruce Smith, drafted by the Bills in 1985, became a Hall of Famer in 2009.
Buffalo Bills first-round draft picks
Year Pick Player name Position College Notes
1966 8 Mike Dennis Running back Ole Miss
1967 22 John Pitts Safety Arizona State
1968 9 Haven Moses Wide receiver San Diego State
1969 1 O.J. Simpson  ^  Running back USC
1970 5 Al Cowlings Defensive tackle USC
1971 4 J. D. Hill Wide receiver Arizona State
1972 1 Walt Patulski Defensive end Notre Dame
1973 7 Paul Seymour Tight end Michigan
1973 26 Joe DeLamielleure  ^  Guard Michigan State
1974 18 Reuben Gant Tight end Oklahoma State
1975 19 Tom Ruud Linebacker Nebraska
1976 18 Mario Clark Defensive back Oregon
1977 12 Phil Dokes Defensive tackle Oklahoma State
1978 5 Terry Miller Running back Oklahoma State
1979 1 Tom Cousineau Linebacker Ohio State
1979 5 Jerry Butler Wide receiver Clemson
1980 16 Jim Ritcher Center North Carolina State
1981 28 Booker Moore Running back Penn State
1982 19 Perry Tuttle Wide receiver Clemson
1983 12 Tony Hunter Tight end Notre Dame
1983 14 Jim Kelly  ^  Quarterback Miami (FL)
1984 26 Greg Bell Running back Notre Dame
1985 1 Bruce Smith  ^  Defensive end Virginia Tech
1985 14 Derrick Burroughs Defensive back Memphis State
1986 16 Ronnie Harmon Running back Iowa
1986 20 Will Wolford Offensive tackle Vanderbilt
1987 8 Shane Conlan Linebacker Penn State
1988 — No pick — —
1989 — No pick — —
1990 16 James Williams Defensive back Fresno State
1991 26 Henry Jones Defensive back Illinois
1992 27 John Fina Offensive tackle Arizona
1993 28 Thomas Smith Defensive back North Carolina
1994 27 Jeff Burris Defensive back Notre Dame
1995 14 Ruben Brown Guard Pittsburgh
1996 24 Eric Moulds Wide receiver Mississippi State
1997 23 Antowain Smith Running back Houston
1998 — No pick — —
1999 23 Antoine Winfield Defensive back Ohio State
2000 26 Erik Flowers Defensive end Arizona State
2001 21 Nate Clements Defensive back Ohio State
2002 4 Mike Williams Offensive tackle Texas
2003 23 Willis McGahee Running back Miami (FL)
2004 13 Lee Evans Wide receiver Wisconsin
2004 22 J. P. Losman Quarterback Tulane
2005 — No pick — —
2006 8 Donte Whitner Safety Ohio State
2006 26 John McCargo Defensive tackle North Carolina State
2007 12 Marshawn Lynch Running back California
2008 11 Leodis McKelvin Defensive back Troy
2009 11 Aaron Maybin Defensive end Penn State
2009 28 Eric Wood Center Louisville
2010 9 C.J. Spiller Running back Clemson
2011 3 Marcell Dareus Defensive tackle Alabama
2012 10 Stephon Gilmore Cornerback South Carolina
2013 16 EJ Manuel Quarterback Florida State
2014 4 Sammy Watkins Wide receiver Clemson
2015 — No pick — — [3]
2016 19 Shaq Lawson Defensive end Clemson
2017 27 Tre'Davious White Cornerback LSU
2018 7 Josh Allen Quarterback Wyoming
2018 16 Tremaine Edmunds Linebacker Virginia Tech

References

General
  • "Buffalo Bills NFL Draft History". Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  • "Buffalo Bills 1st Round Draft History". Retrieved 2012-04-28.
Specific
  1. ↑ "Buffalo Bills Team Page – NFL.com". NFL. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ Alder, James. ""NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection"". About.com. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
  3. ↑ Traded to Cleveland Browns in 2014
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