Bills Sign 8 of Their 2024 Draft Picks To Rookie Contracts

Buffalo also signed an undrafted free agent after waiving an offensive tackle

As OTA’s wrap-up, the Buffalo Bills signed eight rookies of the most recent draft class to their rookie contracts, and an undrafted linebacker, on Tuesday morning. In a corresponding move, Tommy Doyle was placed on the waived/injured list. 

The ink on the contracts confirms that Buffalo has signed nine of their 10 picks from the 2024 draft, so far. Keon Coleman is yet to sign his contract.

Bills Sign 8 of Their 2024 Draft Picks To Rookie Contracts

Cole Bishop

A safety from the University of Utah, Bishop was selected in the second round of the draft at 60th overall. Born in Boston, the 2023 Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist stands at 6-foot-2, 206-pounds. 

DeWayne Carter 

Taken in the third round at 95th overall, Carter is a defensive tackle from Duke University — and he’s a big guy. Standing at 6-foot-2, 304-pounds, he’s not someone you want to mess with. He was named First-Team All-ACC in 2023 and won the ACC Jim Tatum Award as the conference’s top scholar-athlete. Carter was the first three-year captain in team history.

Ray Davis

The running back was selected in the  fourth round (128th overall) out of Kentucky. The 5-foot-8, 211-pound Second-Team All-SEC selection ran a 4.52 in the 40-yard dash and led Kentucky with 1,129 rushing yards in 2023. He started all 13 games last season and set a school record with 21 touchdowns.

Sedrick Van Pran-Granger

The 6-foot-4 center from Georgia drafted in the fifth round (141st overall) was named First Team All-SEC and second team All-American in his 2023 season with the Bulldogs. He won two national championships in Georgia. 

Edefuan Ulofoshio

The linebacker out of Washington had 94 tackles (eight for loss), three sacks, an interception and a forced fumble in his last season with the Huskies. The 160th overall pick was a finalist for the Butkus Award, was named First-Team All-PAC-12 and third-team Associated Press All-American. 

Javon Solomom

The 168th overall pick out of Troy University led the FBS with 16 sacks in 2023 and tied a team lead for the Trojans with three forced fumbles. Solomon was named First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference and had 56 tackles in 14 games, all of which he started in. 

Tylan Grable 

An outside tackle selected in the sixth round, Grable started all 13 games at left tackle for the University of Central Florida. Standing at 6-foot-6 and 306-pounds, he’ll be a force to be reckoned with.

Daequan Hardy

A 5-foot-9 cornerback out of Penn State, Hardy ran a 4.38-second 40-yard dash and was taken as the 219th pick of the draft. The Pittsburgh native was an Honorable Mention All-Big Ten Conference and played in 11 games with four starts for 22 tackles (three for loss), a sack and two interceptions despite missing the first two games due to injury.

Shayne Simon (UDFA)

Simon played from 2018-21 at Notre Dame before finishing up his college days with the Pittsburgh Panthers. The linebacker had a season-ending shoulder injury in the first game of the 2021 season before he managed 94 tackles, eight pass deflections and seven sacks in his two seasons with the Panthers.