After adding two new players to the offensive side of the ball, the Buffalo Bills turned in their card during Round 3 to select Tulane LB Dorian Williams at pick 91.
Following their selection of offensive guard O’Cyrus Torrence in Round 2, the landscape of linebacker prospects seemed to paint an optimistic picture for the Bills to attack the void left by Tremaine Edmunds’ departure during free agency. That horizon changed quickly as linebackers began to disappear the further Round 3 progressed.
In the months prior to the 2023 NFL Draft, the Bills hadn’t done a ton of publicly known research on the linebacker position.