Buffalo Bills first - round draft picks Year Pick Player name Position College Notes 1966 8 Mike Dennis RB Ole Miss 1967 22 John Pitts Arizona State 1968 9 Haven Moses WR San Diego State 1969 O.J. Simpson ^ RB USC 1970 5 Al Cowlings DT Southern California 1971 J.D. Hill WR Arizona State 1972 Walt Patulski DE Notre Dame 1973 7 Paul Seymour TE Michigan 1973 26 Joe DeLamielleure ^ Michigan State 18 Reuben Gant TE Oklahoma State 19 Tom Ruud LB Nebraska 1976 18 Mario Clark DB Oregon 1977 12 Phil Dokes DT Oklahoma State 1978 5 Terry Miller RB Oklahoma State 1979 Tom Cousineau LB Ohio State 1979 5 Jerry Butler WR Clemson 1980 16 Jim Ritcher North Carolina State 1981 28 Booker Moore RB Penn State 1982 19 Perry Tuttle WR Clemson 12 Tony Hunter TE Notre Dame 14 Jim Kelly ^ QB Miami (FL) 1984 26 Greg Bell RB Notre Dame 1985 Bruce Smith ^ DE Virginia Tech 1985 14 Derrick Burroughs DB Memphis State 1986 16 Ronnie Harmon RB Iowa 1986 20 Will Wolford OT Vanderbilt 8 Shane Conlan LB Penn State 1988 -- -- No pick -- -- 1989 -- -- No pick -- -- 1990 16 James Williams DB Fresno State 1991 26 Henry Jones DB Illinois 1992 27 John Fina OT Arizona 1993 28 Thomas Smith DB North Carolina 1994 27 Jeff Burris DB Notre Dame 1995 14 Ruben Brown Pittsburgh 24 Eric Moulds WR Mississippi State 1997 23 Antowain Smith RB Houston 1998 -- -- No pick -- -- 1999 23 Antoine Winfield DB Ohio State 2000 26 Erik Flowers DE Arizona State 2001 21 Nate Clements DB Ohio State 2002 Mike Williams OT Texas 2003 23 Willis McGahee RB Miami (FL) 13 Lee Evans WR Wisconsin 22 J.P. Losman QB Tulane 2005 -- -- No pick -- -- 2006 8 Donte Whitner Ohio State 2006 26 John McCargo DT North Carolina State 2007 12 Marshawn Lynch RB California 2008 11 Leodis McKelvin DB Troy 2009 11 Aaron Maybin DE Penn State 2009 28 Eric Wood Louisville 9 C.J. Spiller RB Clemson 2011 Marcell Dareus DT Alabama 2012 10 Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina 2013 16 EJ Manuel QB Florida State 2014 Sammy Watkins WR Clemson 2015 -- -- No pick -- -- 2016 19 Shaq Lawson DE Clemson 2017 27 Tre'Davious White CB LSU 2018 7 Josh Allen QB Wyoming 2018 16 Tremaine Edmunds LB Virginia Tech
who did the buffalo bills pick in the first round draft
Tremaine Edmunds