The Buffalo Bills promoted cornerbacks Merrill Noel and Sammy Seamster from their practice squad to their active roster on Wednesday, rounding out their 53-man roster in time for Sunday's regular season finale against the New York Jets
Noel, an undrafted rookie out of Wake Forest, was with the Bills this summer, and has spent the entirety of his rookie season on the practice squad. Seamster, a 2014 undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State, joined Buffalo's practice squad in early November.
The two cornerbacks replace tight end Charles Clay and cornerback Ron Brooks, who were placed on Injured Reserve on Tuesday evening.
As we noted yesterday, the Bills are playing in Week 17 with 20 players on their active roster that were not present for their Week 1 win over Indianapolis. Once again, here is a full accounting of the roster turnover since September 13:
| Week 1 | Week 17 | |
| 1 | QB Matt Cassel | QB Josh Johnson |
| 2 | RB Bryce Brown | RB Mike Gillislee |
| 3 | WR Robert Woods | WR Greg Salas |
| 4 | WR Percy Harvin | WR Dezmin Lewis |
| 5 | WR Marcus Easley | WR Leonard Hankerson |
| 6 | WR Marquise Goodwin | WR Walter Powell |
| 7 | WR Marcus Thigpen | TE Nick O'Leary |
| 8 | TE Charles Clay | OT Jordan Mills |
| 9 | TE Matthew Mulligan | OL Ryan Groy |
| 10 | TE MarQueis Gray | DT Marcell Dareus |
| 11 | OT Seantrel Henderson | DT Jerel Worthy |
| 12 | OL Gabe Ikard | DT T.J. Barnes |
| 13 | DT Kyle Williams | DL Lavar Edwards |
| 14 | DT Alex Carrington | LB IK Enemkpali |
| 15 | DT Andre Fluellen | LB Max Valles |
| 16 | LB Randell Johnson | LB Kevin Reddick |
| 17 | LB Tony Steward | CB Leodis McKelvin |
| 18 | CB Stephon Gilmore | CB Merrill Noel |
| 19 | CB Ron Brooks | CB Sammy Seamster |
| 20 | S Aaron Williams | S Jonathan Meeks |