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Draft Selections
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (BUF)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Jalyx Hunt
DE-EDGE Houston Christian
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (BUF)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (BUF)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (BUF)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (BUF)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (BUF)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (BUF)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Bills
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Bills: B-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Bills took Michael Barrett at pick No. 200, roughly 35 spots before his name belonged.

The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. On the needs board they went 5 of 9, with linebacker the one that mattered most.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell in the 28th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick60 Rnd2 Sedrick Van Pran
A reach for Sedrick Van Pran in slot 60; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick128 Rnd4 Jalyx Hunt
Jalyx Hunt at pick No. 128 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
Pick134 Rnd4 Christian Jones
No edge and no loss on Christian Jones in pick 134; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick144 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Good price on Jarrian Jones in No. 144, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick160 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo at the 160th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick163 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
They liked Malik Mustapha enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 163. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick189 Rnd6 Trente Jones
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trente Jones. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick200 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
A wild overpay on Michael Barrett in Round 6, Pick 25, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick204 Rnd6 Edefuan Ulofoshio
They reached into another round for Edefuan Ulofoshio, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick248 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.