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Bills NFL Draft trends: Doug Whaley likes power conferences, pre-draft visitors

Another year, another Bills draft in which they draft heavily from both power conferences and their pre-draft visitor list

The chart you see below lists all 20 players that the Buffalo Bills have selected in the NFL Draft over the last three seasons. We go back three drafts because that's how many that Doug Whaley has directly overseen as the Bills' general manager. (Buddy Nix was still the GM in 2013; he stepped down shortly after that year's draft.)

Yr-Rd-Ovr Player Pos. College Conference
2014-1-4 Sammy Watkins WR Clemson ACC
2016-1-19 Shaq Lawson DE Clemson ACC
2016-2-41 Reggie Ragland LB Alabama SEC
2014-2-44 Cyrus Kouandjio OT Alabama SEC
2015-2-50 Ronald Darby CB Florida State ACC
2014-3-73 Preston Brown LB Louisville ACC
2016-3-80 Adolphus Washington DT Ohio State B1G
2015-3-81 John Miller OG Louisville ACC
2014-4-109 Ross Cockrell CB Duke ACC
2016-4-139 Cardale Jones QB Ohio State B1G
2014-5-153 Cyril Richardson OG Baylor Big 12
2015-5-155 Karlos Williams RB Florida State ACC
2016-5-156 Jonathan Williams RB Arkansas SEC
2015-6-188 Tony Steward LB Clemson ACC
2016-6-192 Kolby Listenbee WR TCU Big 12
2015-6-194 Nick O'Leary TE Florida State ACC
2016-6-218 Kevon Seymour CB USC Pac-12
2014-7-221 Randell Johnson LB Florida Atlantic Conference USA
2015-7-234 Dezmin Lewis WR Central Arkansas Southland
2014-7-237 Seantrel Henderson OT Miami (FL) ACC

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