{"id":861949,"date":"2026-04-09T01:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861949\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T01:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:27:23","slug":"bills-predicted-to-draft-another-promising-cb-prospect-despite-troubled-pro-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861949\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills Predicted to Draft Another Promising CB Prospect Despite Troubled Pro Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Buffalo Bills<\/a> have a few holes to fill on defense following the first month of NFL free agency<\/a>. <\/p>\n

While Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane added a versatile slot cornerback and two veteran safeties to the defensive backfield, he has yet to directly address the third cornerback slot<\/a> that Tre’Davious White occupied in 2025. <\/p>\n

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An astute observer, FOX Sports’ Nick Wright suggested the Bills need help at the position, even to the point of double-dipping with cornerbacks in the first round in back-to-back years at the NFL Draft. Wright has Clemson CB Avieon Terrell heading to Buffalo<\/a> at No. 26 overall.<\/p>\n

“The Bills have been trying to get corner correct in the draft for a couple of years,” said Wright. “I know they just drafted Maxwell Hairston. They take another shot at it with Terrell out of Clemson.”<\/p>\n

\"Avieon<\/p>\n

Clemson Tigers cornerback Avieon Terrell (8) celebrates after stopping a fake punt attempt by Troy Trojans Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 during the NCAA football game at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. | Alex Martin\/Greenville News \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

We wrote about Terrell previously while also noting depth still is a concern for Buffalo<\/a> after free agency.<\/p>\n

“Whether it’s being the extra defensive back in a dime formation, or serving as the understudy to Benford and Hairston, the Bills need to identify a reliable second-string cornerback over the next couple of months<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Would Bills draft first-round CB two years in a row? <\/p>\n

In 2021, Beane used his Round 1 and 2 picks to select defensive ends Greg Rousseau and Boogie Basham, but it’s been over 30 years since Buffalo dedicated first-rounders to the same position in consecutive drafts. <\/p>\n

The last time the Bills drafted the same position in back-to-back years was in 1993-94, when, incidentally, they drafted two cornerbacks \u2014 North Carolina’s Thomas Smith first, then Notre Dame’s Jeff Burris. Neither player had especially notable careers, but maybe they needed a more aggressive defensive coordinator, like Jim Leonhard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first-year Bills’ defensive coordinator certainly could use some help, even as Hairston develops (he missed a good chunk of time last season with injuries), but Leonhard ran a lot of nickel packages while at the University of Wisconsin, and having three capable cornerbacks is a prerequisite in today’s pass-happy NFL (we noted CB Christian Benford as a benefactor of Leonhard’s hiring<\/a> in February).<\/p>\n

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Wisconsin head coach Jim Leonhard, center, is shown during the first quarter of their game Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. | Mark Hoffman \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n

Terrell’s Pro Day cause for pause?<\/p>\n

While projected as a first-round talent, the Bills could opt to shy away from Terrell following his below average Pro Day numbers, which include a 4.64-second 40 time.<\/p>\n

Terrell’s subpar Relative Athletic Score (RAS)<\/a> will likely hurt his draft stock as “he scored a 4.94 RAS out of a possible 10.00.” That mark ranks 1554 out of 3069 cornerback prospects tracked from 1987 to 2026.”<\/p>\n

\"Avieon<\/p>\n

Feb 27, 2026; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Clemson defensive back Avieon Terrell (DB31) during the NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Bills have a few holes to fill on defense following the first month of NFL free…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,2086,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-861949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalobills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116372156089444516","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}