Bills Sign Former “standout” wide receiver from Ohio State in First Draft Moves
The Buffalo Bills concluded the 2024 NFL draft with the intention of adding more talent to their squad. At the beginning of the season, former Ohio State wide receiver Xavier Johnson Jr. was signed by Bills management Brandon Beane. Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report revealed shortly after Day 3 ended that Johnson, a former Buckeyes team captain, was going to Buffalo. Johnson didn’t have very impressive receiving statistics while at Ohio State; in all, he had 26 grabs for 329 yards and two touchdowns. “Johnson was a special teams standout with the Buckeyes which could offer him a chance in Buffalo,” Ryan Talbot of Syracuse.com stated, nevertheless.
Dane Brugler of The Athletic listed the 6-foot-2, 202-pound wide receiver as the 45th-best wide receiver going into the NFL draft, but he also highlighted his skill on special teams. Johnson was a stellar football and basketball player at Summit Country Day School. He was born and raised in the Cincinnati region. A three-star prospect, he received ten football offers (along with several basketball offers) but decided to walk on at Ohio State, his ideal university, according to Brugler. “Over the course of the previous five seasons, he earned a spot on special teams and finished his career with an impressive 899 snaps and 14 tackles.”The newcomer to the Bills “broke into the running back and wide receiver rotations, and his two career touchdown receptions (one against Georgia and Notre Dame) came when injuries required
On Day 2, Buffalo made its selection in the 2024 NFL Draft after trading out of the first round. The Bills selected former Florida State wide receiver Keon Coleman with the 33rd overall selection. After his name was called, Coleman told reporters in a press conference he received a text message from quarterback Josh Allen. “You’re the guy I want,” he texted me the day before. I want to play with you since I watched a lot of receivers. stated Coleman. And that is exactly what I have been saying. I would like to play with the man wearing number 17. He’s one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL right now, in my opinion, and I would love to
Quintez Cephus, a wide receiver, was signed by the Bills on Sunday, April 28, as his representatives informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 2020 fifth-round pick of the Detroit Lions was punished for breaking the league’s gambling policy, which kept him out of the field the whole previous season. He caught 37 passes for 568 yards and four touchdowns in three seasons.