Important Dates in Bills History, presented by M&T Bank, helps fans recognize what’s important. In the NFL, acquiring top-tier talent is important and on Feb. 22, 1985 the Bills agreed to terms with Virginia Tech defensive end, Bruce Smith.
Before his time terrorizing quarterbacks around the NFL, Smith was busy putting together an impressive college football resume. Earning All-America honors and the John Outland Trophy in 1984, the dynamic defensive end landed himself atop the 1985 NFL Draft list. Coming to a tentative four-year agreement with the Bills, Smith would soon after be selected by the franchise with the No.