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As of today, the Buffalo Bills have 89 players on their roster, and 48 of them were drafted into the NFL - either by the Bills themselves, or by one of the other 31 teams in the league.
That list includes 11 players that were first-round picks - the Bills had 12 of them this time a year ago - with six of those selected by the Bills, and five by other clubs. That figure is higher than the number of players the Bills employ that were picked in any other round by a considerable margin.
Take a peek at the Bills' drafted-player distribution below. What stands out to you? Are you surprised about the proportionally smaller ratio of mid- and later-round picks on the team as opposed to first-rounders?
| Rd. | Bills picks | NFL picks |
| 1 (11) | EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson Eric Wood, C, Louisville Marcell Dareus, DL, Alabama Leodis McKelvin, CB, Troy Stephon Gilmore, CB, South Carolina |
Percy Harvin, WR, Florida (MIN) Chris Williams, OG, Vanderbilt (CHI) Mario Williams, DE, North Carolina State (HOU) Manny Lawson, DE, North Carolina State (SF) Jerry Hughes, DE, TCU (IND) |
| 2 (6) | Robert Woods, WR, USC Cordy Glenn, OT, Georgia Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama Ronald Darby, CB, Florida State Aaron Williams, S, Texas |
LeSean McCoy, RB, Pittsburgh (PHI) |
| 3 (6) | Marquise Goodwin, WR, Texas John Miller, OG, Louisville Alex Carrington, DL, Arkansas State Preston Brown, LB, Louisville |
Richie Incognito, OG, Nebraska (STL) Kraig Urbik, OG, Wisconsin (PIT) |
| 4 (5) | Marcus Easley, WR, Connecticut Nigel Bradham, LB, Florida State Ron Brooks, CB, LSU Ross Cockrell, CB, Duke Duke Williams, S, Nevada |
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| 5 (6) | Karlos Williams, RB, Florida State Cyril Richardson, OG, Baylor Kyle Williams, DL, LSU Jonathan Meeks, S, Clemson |
Jerome Felton, FB, Furman (DET) Corey Graham, CB, New Hampshire (CHI) |
| 6 (8) | Nick O'Leary, TE, Florida State Tony Steward, LB, Clemson |
Tyrod Taylor, QB, Virginia Tech (BAL) Anthony Dixon, RB, Mississippi State (SF) Justin Brown, WR, Oklahoma (PIT) Charles Clay, TE, Tulsa (MIA) Jarius Wynn, DE, Georgia (GB) Bacarri Rambo, S, Georgia (WAS) |
| 7 (6) | Dezmin Lewis, WR, Central Arkansas Chris Gragg, TE, Arkansas Seantrel Henderson, OT, Miami (FL) Randell Johnson, LB, Florida Atlantic |
Matt Cassel, QB, USC (NE) Bryce Brown, RB, Kansas State (PHI) |