The Buffalo Bills will be entering training camp at St. John Fisher University this month with some exciting rookies they added as their 2023 draft class back in April.

While not a very big rookie class, it definitely contains a variety of quality talent ranging from a potential superstar second TE to a WR who could be Gabe Davis’ eventual replacement should he not return in 2024.

2023 Buffalo Bills Rookie Preview

Bills TE Dalton Kincaid (86) – Jeffrey T. Barnes/AP

Round 1, pick 25: TE – Dalton Kincaid/ Utah

When the Buffalo Bills headed to the offseason, one of their top priorities (GM) Brandon Beane and (HC) Sean McDermott were going to hit on was finding a sure number two tight end to complement and also take pressure off of Dawson Knox.

While there were great options in free agency, the Bills decided to get their guy in the draft. There were many great options to take at #25, such as Iowa’s Sam LaPorta and Notre Dame’s Michael Mayer, but the Bills went with Utah’s Dalton Kincaid at #25.

The team wasn’t just looking for any number two tight end; they were looking for a number two tight end who has great skill sets like Kincaid. He has rare speed for that position, and his hands are some of the best in the draft.

Mel Kiper, from ESPN, said that “Kincaid is probably the best tight end prospect since Travis Kelce to come out of the draft,” which is a ringing endorsement coming from Kiper.

At 6’4″, 240 lbs., look for Kincaid to easily slide in as the team’s number two, but also as a jack of all trades tight end. His ability to run inside and outside wide receiver-type routes will give the Bills an additional receiving threat to help prevent Knox from being double-teamed.

Round 2, pick 59: OL – O’Cyrus Torrence/Florida

To me, this was a steal of a pick at 59th overall in the second round of the draft. Coming in, many thought the Buffalo Bills would address the right side of the o-line in the first round by selecting (OT) Darnell Wright from Tennessee at #25, but they went with the tight end in the first round.

It was a blessing in disguise as the Bills were able to address both their tight end need and their o-line need with their first two picks in the draft.

Kincaid is a do-it-all tight end, and Torrence is a big, massive lineman who was drafted as a guard but can also move around and play right tackle when needed. At 6’5″, 347 lbs., Torrence is gigantic but has treadmill-like feet to push defenders out of his way.

During his time with the Gators, he was playing against some of the best competition and players the SEC conference had to offer. He allowed zero sacks during his time there (even allowing no sacks against the Georgia Bulldogs All-American d-line that they have built over there for the last two National Championship seasons).

So it makes people wonder, how does somebody that big and that talented as an o-lineman playing in the SEC never allow a sack, only land you in the second round of the NFL draft?

He was a first-round talent that could have been selected anywhere from 19th to the Tampa Bay Bucs and even at #25 to the Bills. But hey, they filled their o-line need with a big hit in the second round.

Round 3, pick 91: LB – Dorian Williams/Tulane

This may not have been the ideal linebacker people thought the Buffalo Bills would take in the draft, but for the 91st pick in the third round, it actually makes sense. Williams may only be 6’1″, 229 lbs., but he already has three things as an NFL linebacker you can’t coach; natural speed, leadership, and the guy is a tackling machine.

The Buffalo Bills had to go linebacker here, as they already addressed two key offensive positions in the first two rounds. They already released Tremaine Edmunds, who ended up signing a 4-year, $72 million deal with the Chicago Bears.

Williams is a fast, twitchy linebacker with speed and tackling ability to end ball carriers in the backfield. He can also be used off the line as a blitzing linebacker to sack mobile quarterbacks like Mahomes and Burrow when it comes down to playing their perspective teams.

All I can say is despite their disappointing playoff loss, questions about filling their important needs, and losing Edmunds; nobody circles the first three rounds of the draft like the Buffalo Bills.

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