Bills: Draft room Update

The Buffalo Bills selected Florida St. QB E.J. Manuel (1^st round – 16^th overall), USC WR Robert Woods (2^nd round – 41^st overall), Oregon LB Kiko Alonso (2^nd round – 46^th overall), Texas WR Marquise Goodwin (3^rd round – 78^th overall), Nevada DB Duke Williams (4^th round – 105^th overall), DB Jonathan Meeks (5^th round – 143^rd overall), Florida St. K Dustin Hopkins (6^th round – 177^th overall) and Arkansas TE Chris Gragg (7^th round – 222^nd overall) with their eight draft selections in the 2013 NFL Draft.

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Inside the Bills 2013 Draft Room – President and CEO Russ Brandon, GM Buddy Nix, Head Coach Doug Marrone and Assistant General Manager Doug Whaley.

First-round draft selection QB E.J. Manuel holds a football on the turf at Ralph Wilson Stadium field alongside Head Coach Doug Marrone, GM Buddy Nix and President and CEO Russ Brandon.

 

Bills CB Stephon Gilmore and S Da’Norris Searcy pose for a picture with fans inside the team’s BlueCross BlueShield Healthy Zone Fieldhouse locker room during the Thursday night draft day party.

 

QUOTES OF THE DAY FROM THE POST-DRAFT PRESS CONFERENCE

On how the team’s 2013 Draft class:

“We felt like we stayed with the board. Everybody says that. Everybody says they do not draft for need, but basically you do some. Everybody does some. We stayed with our grades and we think we filled a bunch of holes. It remains to be seen if…we feel good about it. We think we got them at the right position and we think they are good players.” – Bills General Manager Buddy Nix

 

On adding players with speed and versatility:

“I think that I said it before when you look at the picks you are looking at players who have a lot of speed. I was brought up in this profession with (Syracuse) Coach MacPherson and even when I was younger my high school coach. I was taught follow speed. I think the versatility is important because I think when you have versatility within the players then you can get the best people on the field. That is everywhere except the quarterback position, where there is just one position for that.” – Head Coach Doug Marrone

 

On drafting QB EJ Manuel:

“I’m excited about it. I know our fans are as well. We’ve heard a lot about it for many, many years. Looking forward to having EJ (Manuel) in the mix coming in to compete and watching his growth and maturity in the organization is exciting. It’s exciting for all of us. I’m excited about the entire process. The entire draft and what still lies ahead in the next few hours when it comes to college free agency. We still have a lot of work to get done, but I’m very pleased with what’s been done to date.” – Bills President and CEO Russ Brandon

 

Photos courtesy The Buffalo Bills