By Buffalo Bills, posted 17 05 2012
ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Buffalo Bills today announced the signing of first-round draft selection (10th overall) CB Stephon Gilmore. In accordance with team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Gilmore, a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection at South Carolina, started all 40 games played. The 6-1, 190-pound cornerback recorded 181 tackles (140 solo), 17 passes break-ups, eight interceptions and seven sacks in his Gamecocks career.
Gilmore is the seventh of the Bills’ nine draft picks to sign with the team.
By Buffalo Bills, posted 14 05 2012
ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Buffalo Bills today announced that the team has signed free agents FB Dorin Dickerson, T James Carmon and S Nick Saenz. Dickerson and Saenz participated in the team’s Rookie Mini-Camp on a tryout basis. In accordance with team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Dickerson entered the NFL as a seventh-round (227th overall) draft pick by Houston in 2010 and saw action in seven games with the Texans. The 6-1, 226-pound Pittsburgh product was released by Houston prior to the 2011 season and sport a portion of the year on the Pittsburgh and New England practice squads.
Saenz (pronounced SIE-nz) joins the Bills as an undrafted free agent from the University of Houston. The 6-0, 195-pound safety recorded 240 tackles (135 solo) in 52 games for the Cougars from 2008-11.
Carmon, a 6-7, 320-pound undrafted free agent from Mississippi State, started 10 of 11 games in 2011 for the Bulldogs.
Buffalo also announced that the team has...
By Buffalo Bills, posted 14 05 2012
On the three day Rookie Mini-Camp:
We had great effort. We got to see some guys run around and try to retain what we had taught them for three days. It was very good work in my opinion. We were able to get outside all three days and we were able to get a lot accomplished.
On if he was impressed with the information retained by the players:
Yea, impressed with some and not impressed with others. But that’s the way it is. You’re trying to find that out. You can watch them run, jump and change direction but you don’t know their mental capacity. That’s the one thing you don’t know off film, so you’re trying to get a good gauge of that going into this weekend.
On what grade he would give to the nine draft picks for retaining information:
They did a good job. I don’t give grades. Grades show up on Sunday afternoons.
On if CB Stephon Gilmore had the look of a first-round pick:
He did a great job during the weekend. He is a big,...
By Buffalo Bills, posted 11 05 2012
ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Buffalo Bills today announced that fourth-round draft selection (105th overall) LB Nigel Bradham, fourth-round draft selection (124th overall) CB Ron Brooks, fifth-round draft selection (144th overall) T Zebrie Sanders, fifth-round draft selection (147th overall) LB Tank Carder, sixth-round draft selection (178th overall) OL Mark Asper and seventh-round draft selection (251st overall) K John Potter have agreed to terms. In accordance with team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Bradham led the Florida State defense in tackles for three consecutive years (2009-11). The 6-2, 241-pound linebacker registered 306 tackles (189 solo) and 21.5 sacks in 53 games with 39 starts.
Brooks played in all 53 games from 2008-11 at Louisiana State. The 5-10, 190-pound cornerback recorded 90 tackles, 12.5 stops for a loss, 5.5 sacks and returned each of his three interceptions for touchdowns with the Tigers.
Sanders, a four-year starter at Florida...
By Buffalo Bills, posted 08 05 2012
ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Buffalo Bills today announced that the team has invited the following 21 free agents to attend Rookie Mini-Camp from May 11-13 on a tryout basis:
C Taylor Boggs – Humboldt State
RB Zach Brown – Pittsburgh
DE Vince Browne – Northwestern
TE Derek Buttles – Maine
WR Roddell Carter – Alabama-Birmingham
LB Nick Clark – Alfred
CB Dominic Cook – Buffalo
WR Gino Crump – Arizona
FB Dorin Dickerson – Pittsburgh
DE Sean Ferguson – Mississippi State
WR Kevin Fitzpatrick – Marist
DE Corey Hart – Alabama A&M
DT Johnny Hollins – Texas Southern
LB Emmanuel Lamur – Kansas State
CB Byron Mulkey – Buffalo
S Nick Saenz – Houston
WR Derek Session – Maine
DE Bernard Smith – Louisiana-Lafayette
QB Alex Tanney – Monmouth College
LB Jeff Thomas – Indiana
DT Logan Walls – Georgia Tech
By Buffalo Bills, posted 27 04 2012
General Manager Buddy Nix:
It is my pleasure to introduce to you our first selection with the number 10 pick from South Carolina Stephon Gilmore. You hear me enough so I am going to turn it over to him.
Stephon Gilmore:
On his impression of Buffalo and the Bills franchise:
It has been a great experience meeting a lot of great people around the organization. I met a couple of players. My Mom and Dad are here with me, and my girlfriend. I am just enjoying my time here.
On if he was surprised when the Bills selected him:
I was not surprised. I knew they were in the hunt of picking me and I am happy they chose me. I am happy to be a part of this organization. I am just ready to play some football now.
On if he had gotten a good vibe from the Bills before the draft:
They did not really give me a hint of what they were going to do. But I enjoyed myself down here and did not expect to come back down here. But I did and I am happy with...
By Buffalo Bills, posted 27 04 2012
On being drafted by the Buffalo Bills:
Stephon Gilmore: It is a great feeling to be a Buffalo Bill. They have great fans and they picked me at the 10 spot so I am happy to play for them.
On if he had any idea the Bills intended to take him:
SG: Kind of. I went on a visit to the Bills and got to visit the city a little bit. It is a great feeling. They believe in my talent. I am looking forward to playing for them. Like I said they have great fans and I am looking forward to helping that defense out.
On if he feels prepared to play in the NFL after playing in the SEC:
SG: I think I am going to be ready. Just keep working hard and doing everything that got me to this point right now. I’m just going in to compete and to compete like I have always been doing.
On what he feels comfortable doing in terms of football skills:
SG: I think I can play press man and off man pretty well. I can do whatever the coaches want me to do. Whatever they...
By Buffalo Bills, posted 27 04 2012
On what he likes about the selection of South Carolina DB Stephon Gilmore:
Buddy Nix: We talk about needing corners with some size and adding speed to our team. I think we did both with (Gilmore). (Gilmore) has been a 40 game starter in a pretty good league. He has good ball skills, he has great speed, and he is a good tackler. He was high on our draft board from the start. I thought when corners started going that there might be a good chance he would not be there. But we were fortunate, I think, to get him. He will help our football team.
On what Gilmore’s forty speed was:
BN: He was high 4.3’s.
On how Gilmore was used in college and how physical of a corner he is:
BN: That is a big thing now. The way they spread you out, the offenses do. First of all, you have to be big enough to match up against the (Patriot’s) tight ends—especially in our division. What they will do, and the same thing we do, is spread you out with five receivers and...
By Buffalo Bills, posted 27 04 2012
QB RYAN FITZPATRICK
On what he wants to accomplish on the first day back:
Just getting everybody back in and seeing what kind of shape everybody’s in. Really catching up with guys, seeing how their offseason was. A lot of the guys had different surgeries and injuries that they had to heal up from. Some of it is just seeing how they’re doing. We’ll get in, we’ll have a team meeting and get to talk to the guys some more, interact with the coaches. It’s really one of those deals where we’ve got the new guys so getting a chance to speak with Mario (Williams) and some of the other guys and everybody just getting acquainted with each other.
On what his reaction was to the team signing DE Mario Williams:
I was in Costa Rica for a wedding and there was only internet access in the lobby, so with the three day ordeal that it was every 20 minutes I was walking down to the lobby looking at my phone. Finally when it happened obviously I was...
By Buffalo Bills, posted 27 04 2012
ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Buffalo Bills today announced that G Kraig Urbik (pronounced ER-bick) and G Chad Rinehart accepted their tenders and signed their contracts. In accordance with team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.
Urbik started all 13 games played in 2011 for Buffalo, including five at center. The 6-5, 324-pound Wisconsin product joined Buffalo off of waivers from Pittsburgh on September 5, 2010. He was a third-round (79th overall) draft choice of the Steelers in 2009.
Rinehart appeared in each of Buffalo’s 16 games in 2011, making 12 starts. The 6-5, 321-pound Northern Iowa product entered the NFL as a third-round (96th overall) draft choice of Washington in 2008. Rinehart was signed to the Bills’ practice squad on October 18, 2010 before being promoted to the 53-man roster on December 7th.
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