2020 NFL Draft: Ranking Brandon Beane, Sean McDermott’s draft picks

Here is an updated ranking of the McBeane-era draft picks for the Buffalo Bills. 

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has been the leader of the on-field product for the Buffalo Bills since January 2017. General manager Brandon Beane has guided the roster decisions since he was hired in May 2017. In three years, the duo has completely rebuilt their roster. 

Beane and McDermott have been very successful in building their team through the draft. Together the pair has made 20 draft picks for the organization. While McDermott had a heavy hand in the selections in the 2017 draft, Beane did not take his post until after that draft. Then-general manager Doug Whaley was is viewed lame duck in the position, a placeholder who would be dropped after the conclusion of the draft. 

So with that, here’s an updated rankings list of the draft picks made by McDermott and Beane during their time in Buffalo:

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud. Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports

  1. LB Vosean Joseph

Joseph was a 2019 fifth-round pick from Florida. His actual assessment is incomplete right now, as a shoulder injury landed Joseph on the injured reserve list and ultimately cost him his entire rookie campaign, so it’s hard to really place him above anyone. His slot in last is more of an “incomplete” than worst.. Joseph looks to be a depth linebacker for the Bills this upcoming season and potential special teamer. 

  1. WR Austin Proehl

Proehl was drafted in the seventh round of the 2017 draft. His selection seemed to be a favor to Austin’s father, Austin, who played the latter part of his career with the Carolina Panthers. Proehl did not make it out of the preseason with the Bills and was cut at the end of training camp. However, he did latch on with the XFL’s Seattle Dragons, where he caught the league’s first touchdown reception and did flash at that level. 

  1. LB Tanner Vallejo

Vallejo spent one season in Buffalo, playing limited snaps on defense.  He did, however, see decent time on the special teams unit. Nevertheless, he could not stick into Year 2 with the Bills and was released prior to the start of the 2018 campaign. Vallejo has stuck around to play 39 games in three years, playing games with Buffalo, Cleveland, Arizona, and Washington. He was selected in the sixth round of the 2017 draft.

  1. WR Ray-Ray McCloud

McCloud was a sixth-round pick in the ensuing draft in 2018. The Clemson product has seen the field as a returner and a gadget-type of player. Buffalo waived him prior to the start of the 2019 season and subsequently picked up by the Carolina Panthers in a bit of a Buffalo-Carolina connection reverse. After six games in Carolina, McCloud was waived again and signed to the Bills practice squad. 

  1. G Wyatt Teller

Teller started seven games in his rookie season with the Bills. The 2018 fifth-round pick pushed Vlad Ducasse for snaps during the 2018 season, but the team’s free-agent signings during the 2019 free agency period squeezed out Teller from the roster, and the team ultimately traded him to Cleveland, where he started nine games for the Browns last year. He fetched the Bills a future sixth-round pick in that deal for the upcoming draft as well. 

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