Buffalo Bills 2024 NFL Draft Guide: What you need to know

Attention Bills supporters! Prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft with exclusive insights and analysis related to your team.

The following information provides an overview of Buffalo’s projected draft picks, positional requirements, selection history, and GM draft notes, among other things. This data is brought to you by the NFL’s research team.

And don’t forget to tune in on Thursday, April 25th at 8:00 p.m. ET for live coverage of the draft on NFL Network and NFL+.

Buffalo Bills Draft Overview

2023 record: 11-6
First in AFC East; lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round

Bills 2024 draft picks (10):

Round 1, pick 28
Round 2, pick 60
Round 4, pick 128
Round 4, pick 134 (compensatory)
Round 5, pick 144 (acquired from Chicago Bears in Ryan Bates trade)
Round 5, pick 160 (acquired from Green Bay Packers in trade for Rasul Douglas)
Round 5, pick 163
Round 5, pick 200
Round 6, pick 204
Round 7, pick 248

Bills team needs (according to Chad Reuter): Wide receiver, edge rusher, defensive tackle, safety, running back

Projected Bills first-round selection, via NFL.com draft analysts:

(See all projections at Mock Draft Central)

Bills 2024 Opponents:

Home

Chiefs, 49ers, Cardinals, Titans, Jaguars, Jets, Patriots, Dolphins

Away

Rams, Seahawks, Dolphins, Patriots, Jets, Texans, Colts, Ravens, Lions

Bills Notable Activity Tracker (2024 offseason):

Bills Decision Makers

CEO Terry Pegula and President Kim Pegula are the owners.

General Manager: Brandon Beane

Head Coach: Sean McDermott

Brandon Beane

Brandon Beane has held the position of GM for the Bills since May 2017.

He has made selections in the previous six draft classes for the Bills.

Bills Draft Notes since 2018

– 37 total players selected

Four Pro Bowlers have been selected, including QB Josh Allen, LB Tremaine Edmunds, TE Dawson Knox, and RB James Cook.

Four out of six first-round picks have been for defense.

Brandon Beane, as the Bills GM, made his first draft selection with QB Josh Allen, who was the 7th overall pick in 2018.

Exchanged pick No. 12 for pick No. 7 to select Allen.

Since 2019, Allen has led the NFL with a total of 158 touchdowns.

This offseason, the Bills traded wide receiver Stefon Diggs to Houston. They also lost wide receiver Gabe Davis to Jacksonville in free agency.

Since 2022, including playoffs, only two BUF players have managed to achieve 1,000+ receiving yards – Diggs with 2,834 and Davis with 1,729.

Since 2020, including playoffs, Diggs (39) and Davis (31) have been responsible for 70 out of 158 of Josh Allen’s passing touchdowns, which is 44.3% of them.

As the Bills GM, Beane has only chosen one WR before the 5th round in his six drafts.

Gabe Davis was drafted in the 4th round in 2020 and signed with Jacksonville (JAX) in the 2024 Free Agency (FA).

Exchanged 2020 1st-rd pick for WR Stefon Diggs.

In each of the last two drafts, Buffalo has traded up in the first round.

In 2023, they moved up from 27th to 25th overall to pick TE Dalton Kincaid.

– In 2022, moved up from the 25th to the 23rd pick to draft CB Kaair Elam.

Since 2016, six out of the last eight first-round picks by Buffalo have been defensive players.

Kaiir Elam, CB (2022), Greg Rousseau, DE (2021), Ed Oliver, DT (2019), Tremaine Edmunds, LB (2018), Tre’Davious White, CB (2017), Shaq Lawson, DE (2016).

During the span, Buffalo’s only offensive players selected in the first round are QB Josh Allen (7th overall in 2018) and TE Dalton Kincaid (25th overall in 2023).

Beane has utilized a top 3 round pick on all offensive and defensive positions, except for wide receiver and safety, since 2018.

Highest drafted Bills player by position, since 2018:

Last time Bills picked each position in first round:

Compiled by the NFL Research team. All data current as of April 16, 2024.