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Draft Selections
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (BUF)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (BUF)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (BUF)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (BUF)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (BUF)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (BUF)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (BUF)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Draft Picks Received
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (LAR)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (LAR)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (LAR)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (LAR)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (LAR)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 61 RND: 2 (LAR)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Davin Vann Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (LAR)
Davin Vann
DE-EDGE NC State
Tyreak Sapp Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (LAR)
Tyreak Sapp
DE-EDGE Florida
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jared Verse
DE
Players traded away
Head Shot
Matt Milano
LB
Head Shot
Von Miller
LB
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureC
The Bills won the night they stopped Higgins from sliding. Grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jay Higgins had no business being available in slot 137, and the Bills did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

The cost of the Lacy reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 T.J. Sanders
In pick 30 they get a wrecking ball inside, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick81 Rnd3 Darien Porter
A reach for Darien Porter in the Round 3 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick137 Rnd4 Jay Higgins
A linebacker of that caliber at Round 4, Pick 36 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick172 Rnd5 Cody Simon
The board fumbled Cody Simon all the way to No. 172, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick177 Rnd6 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson at pick No. 177 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick193 Rnd6 Gunnar Helm
Gunnar Helm in the 193rd pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick197 Rnd6 Kevin Winston Jr.
A conviction pick on Kevin Winston Jr. at slot 197 that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick198 Rnd6 Tonka Hemingway
Tonka Hemingway at the 198th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick205 Rnd6 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell at the 205th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick207 Rnd6 Kyren Lacy
Kyren Lacy at the Round 6 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.