Bills Sign Entire 2022 Draft Class, Nine Undrafted Free Agents

May 13, 2022

The Buffalo Bills announced Friday that they’ve signed all eight of their 2022 draft picks to go along with nine undrafted free agents.

Rd	Player	Pos.	Note
1	Kaiir Elam	CB	Signed
2	James Cook	RB	Signed
3	Terrel Bernard	LB	Signed
5	Khalil Shakir	WR	Signed
6	Matt Araiza	P	Signed
6	Christian Benford	CB	Signed
6	Luke Tenuta	OT	Signed
7	Baylon Spector	LB	Signed

Here’s the full list of undrafted free agent signings for Buffalo:

UCLA OL Alec Anderson
Virginia Tech RB Raheem Blackshear
Tulsa CB Travon Fuller
Syracuse DE Kingsley Jonathan
Texas OL Derek Kerstetter
Northwest Missouri State OL Tanner Owen
BYU WR Neil Pau’u
Appalachian State WR Malik Williams
Texas A&M TE Jalen Wydermyer

Elam, 20, was a four-star recruit who played for three years at the University of Florida. He was named to the freshman All-SEC team in 2019 and was first-team All-SEC in 2020. The Bills traded up and used the No. 23 overall pick on him in the 2022 draft.

Lance Zierlein compares him to Bears CB Jaylon Johnson.

He’s projected to sign a four-year, $13,690,802 contract that includes a $7,136,947. There is also a fifth-year option for the team to pick up in 2025.

In three years at Florida, Elam played in 35 games with 27 starts and recorded 79 total tackles, 26 passes defended and six interceptions.

Cook, 22, was a part-time player during his four-year career at Georgia but did lead the team in scrimmage yards in 2021. The Bills used the No. 63 overall pick on him in the 2022 NFL Draft.

He is the younger brother of Vikings RB Dalvin Cook.

Lance Zierlein compares him to RB Darrynton Evans.

He’s projected to sign a four-year $5,832,058 contract that includes a $1,421,497 signing bonus.

For his career, Cook appeared in 50 games with six starts and recorded 1,503 rushing yards on 230 attempts (6.5 YPC) and 14 touchdowns. He added 67 receptions for 730 yards and six more touchdowns.