The Buffalo News reported late Tuesday that Bills cornerback Levi Wallace had an offseason surgical procedure done on his shoulder.
The issue was considered minor. Wallace suffered a shoulder injury in Week 7 against the Eagles, but did play in Week 8 against the Redskins.
Wallace spent the 2019 season across from Tre’Davious White as Buffalo’s No. 2 cornerback. He rotated with Kevin Johnson in that role at times, however, he did play more snaps than Johnson on most occasions.
Overall, Wallace, appearing in 16 games in his second season after playing in the team’s final seven games in 2018 as a rookie, saw 76 percent of the Bills’ defensive snaps last season.
Wallace did not play in the Bills’ playoff game last season. He missed with a sprained ankle he suffered in the team’s Week 17 contest against the Jets.
Entering his third season as a former undrafted rookie free agent signee out of Alabama in 2018, Wallace in an exclusive-right free agent. He’ll be back with the Bills because of that, most likely.
That status means the Bills can offer him a vet minimum deal and Wallace has to accept it or sit out a season.
Wallace joins DT Ed Oliver (core), DE Jerry Hughes (wrist) RT Cody Ford, (shoulder) and RG Jon Feliciano, as Bills players who all had offseason surgery.
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