2017 Buffalo Bills Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Lost Wild Card
Coach: Sean McDermott (9-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2017 Buffalo Bills StatisticsTeam Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Lost Wild Card
Coach: Sean McDermott (9-8)
Location: Buffalo, New York
2017 Buffalo Bills Results
The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League ended the 2017 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
Buffalo scored 302 points, while the defensive squad gave up 359. Tyrod Taylor threw for 2,799 yards. LeSean McCoy topped the receiving corps, hauling in 59 balls, while Charles Clay added 558 receiving yards. Deonte Thompson was targeted regularly also.
LeSean McCoy rushed for a team-leading 1,138 yards for the Bills.
Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer each snatched 5 opponent throws. Jerry Hughes and Shaq Lawson each led the defensive unit with 4 sacks.
Sean McDermott coached the team. The 2017 Buffalo Bills lost in the Wild Card.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Lorenzo Alexander | DB/LB,LB | May 31, 1983 | 6'1" | 300 | California | Oakland, CA USA | 16 | 11 |
| 33 | Colt Anderson | FS | October 25, 1985 | 5'10" | 194 | East. Montana | Butte, MT USA | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | Joe Banyard | RB | November 12, 1988 | 5'11" | 213 | Texas-El Paso | Sweetwater, TX | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Kelvin Benjamin | WR | February 5, 1991 | 6'5" | 240 | Florida St. | Belle Glade, FL | 6 | 6 |
| 29 | Robert Blanton | SS | September 7, 1989 | 6'1" | 208 | Notre Dame | Clackamas, OR | 2 | 0 |
| 52 | Preston Brown | MLB,LB/MLB | October 27, 1992 | 6'1" | 251 | Louisville | Cincinnati, OH | 16 | 16 |
| 39 | Travaris Cadet | RB | February 1, 1989 | 6'1" | 210 | Appalachian State | Miami, FL | 6 | 0 |
| 75 | Nordly Capi | LDE | July 11, 1992 | 6'3" | 249 | Akron | Ocoee, FL | 4 | 0 |
| 85 | Charles Clay | TE | February 13, 1989 | 6'3" | 245 | Tulsa | Little Rock, AR | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Kaelin Clay | WR | January 2, 1992 | 5'10" | 190 | Utah | Long Beach, CA | 4 | 0 |
| 98 | Deandre Coleman | LDT | January 27, 1991 | 6'5" | 314 | California | Seattle, WA | 6 | 0 |
| 99 | Marcell Dareus | RDT | November 18, 1989 | 6'3" | 319 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL | 5 | 3 |
| 56 | Ryan Davis | RDE | February 24, 1989 | 6'2" | 260 | Bethune-Cookman | Tampa, FL | 16 | 0 |
| 73 | Dion Dawkins | LT/RT,LT | April 26, 1994 | 6'4" | 314 | Temple | Rahway, NJ | 16 | 11 |
| 42 | Patrick DiMarco | FB,FB/RB | April 30, 1989 | 6'1" | 240 | South Carolina | Altamonte Springs, FL | 16 | 9 |
| 62 | Vlad Ducasse | RG | October 15, 1987 | 6'5" | 326 | Massachusetts | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | 12 | 12 |
| 36 | Trae Elston | FS | February 16, 1994 | 5'11" | 193 | Mississippi | Oxford, AL | 13 | 1 |
| 69 | Reid Ferguson | LONG | March 24, 1994 | 6'2" | 244 | Louisiana State | Buford, GA | 16 | 0 |
| 28 | E.J. Gaines | RCB | February 23, 1992 | 5'10" | 190 | Missouri | Lee's Summit, MO | 11 | 11 |
| 77 | Cordy Glenn | LT | September 18, 1989 | 6'5" | 345 | Georgia | Atlanta, GA | 6 | 5 |
| 72 | Ryan Groy | TE | September 30, 1990 | 6'5" | 316 | Wisconsin | Charlotte, NC | 15 | 1 |
| 94 | Rickey Hatley | LDT | March 29, 1994 | 6'3" | 308 | Missouri | Atlanta, TX | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Steven Hauschka | K | June 29, 1985 | 6'1" | 185 | North Carolina St. | Needham, MA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 66 | Seantrel Henderson | TE | January 21, 1992 | 6'7" | 331 | Miami (FL) | Hennepin County, MN | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | Andre Holmes | WR | June 16, 1988 | 6'5" | 206 | Hillsdale | Bartlett, IL | 14 | 2 |
| 55 | Jerry Hughes | DE | August 13, 1988 | 6'2" | 253 | TCU | Sugar Land, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 50 | Ramon Humber | LB | August 10, 1987 | 5'11" | 232 | North Dakota St. | Brooklyn Park, MN USA | 13 | 9 |
| 23 | Micah Hyde | SS | December 31, 1990 | 6'0" | 197 | Iowa | Toledo, OH | 16 | 16 |
| 64 | Richie Incognito | LG | July 5, 1983 | 6'3" | 305 | Nebraska | Englewood, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | Leonard Johnson | DB | March 30, 1990 | 5'10" | 202 | Iowa State | Clearwater, FL | 15 | 7 |
| 26 | Taiwan Jones | RB | July 26, 1988 | 6'0" | 194 | Eastern Washington | San Francisco, CA | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | Zay Jones | WR | March 30, 1995 | 6'2" | 201 | East Carolina | Dallas, TX | 15 | 10 |
| 44 | Deon Lacey | SLB-WLB | July 18, 1990 | 6'2" | 229 | West Alabama | Brighton, AL | 16 | 0 |
| 90 | Shaq Lawson | DE | June 17, 1994 | 6'3" | 269 | Clemson | Central, SC | 11 | 10 |
| 47 | Eric Lee | LB | August 6, 1994 | 6'3" | 260 | South Florida | Panama City, FL | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Khari Lee | TE | January 16, 1992 | 6'4" | 235 | Bowie State | Baltimore, MD | 9 | 0 |
| 31 | Greg Mabin | LCB | June 25, 1994 | 6'1" | 200 | Iowa | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Jordan Matthews | WR | July 16, 1992 | 6'3" | 212 | Vanderbilt | Huntsville, AL | 10 | 7 |
| 25 | LeSean McCoy | RB | July 12, 1988 | 5'10" | 215 | Pittsburgh | Harrisburg, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 68 | Conor McDermott | ROT-LOT | October 19, 1992 | 6'8" | 307 | UCLA | Nashville, TN | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | Matt Milano | LB | July 28, 1994 | 6'0" | 223 | Boston Col. | Orlando, FL | 16 | 5 |
| 76 | John Miller | RG | August 12, 1993 | 6'3" | 315 | Louisville | Miami, FL | 5 | 4 |
| 79 | Jordan Mills | RT | December 24, 1990 | 6'5" | 316 | Louisiana Tech | Thibodaux, LA | 16 | 16 |
| 45 | Marcus Murphy | RB | October 3, 1991 | 5'8" | 188 | Missouri | DeSoto, SK | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Nick O'Leary | TE | August 31, 1992 | 6'3" | 247 | Florida St. | North Palm Beach, FL | 15 | 5 |
| 2 | Nathan Peterman | QB | May 4, 1994 | 6'2" | 226 | Pittsburgh | Jacksonville, FL | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | Lafayette Pitts | LCB | September 24, 1992 | 5'11" | 196 | Pittsburgh | Duquesne, PA | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | Jordan Poyer | FS | April 25, 1991 | 6'0" | 191 | Oregon St. | Dallas, OR | 15 | 15 |
| 89 | Brandon Reilly | WR | September 24, 1993 | 6'2" | 202 | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Colton Schmidt | P | October 27, 1990 | 5'11" | 220 | UC Davis | Bakersfield, CA | 16 | 0 |
| 15 | Brandon Tate | WR | October 5, 1987 | 6'1" | 195 | North Carolina | Burlington, NC USA | 13 | 1 |
| 5 | Tyrod Taylor | QB | August 3, 1989 | 6'1" | 217 | Virginia Tech | Hampton, VA | 15 | 14 |
| 82 | Logan Thomas | TE | July 1, 1991 | 6'6" | 248 | Virginia Tech | Charlottesville, VA | 11 | 2 |
| 29 | Shamarko Thomas | SS | February 23, 1991 | 5'9" | 213 | Syracuse | 12 | 0 | |
| 10 | Deonte Thompson | WR | February 14, 1989 | 6'0" | 200 | Florida | Belle Glade, FL | 11 | 7 |
| 91 | Cedric Thornton | RDT | June 21, 1988 | 6'4" | 309 | Southern Arkansas | Star City, AR | 15 | 3 |
| 35 | Mike Tolbert | FB | November 23, 1985 | 5'9" | 243 | Coastal Carolina | Carrollton, GA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 40 | Tanner Vallejo | MLB-SLB | December 16, 1994 | 6'1" | 228 | Boise St. | Penn Valley, CA | 15 | 0 |
| 92 | Adolphus Washington | LDT/RDT,RD | November 24, 1994 | 6'4" | 297 | Ohio St. | Cincinnati , OH | 15 | 10 |
| 14 | Joe Webb | QB | November 14, 1986 | 6'4" | 220 | Ala-Birmingham | Birmingham, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 27 | TreDavious White | LCB | January 16, 1995 | 5'11" | 192 | LSU | Shreveport, LA | 16 | 16 |
| 95 | Kyle Williams | LDT,LDT/RD | June 10, 1983 | 6'1" | 300 | LSU | Ruston, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 70 | Eric Wood | C | March 18, 1986 | 6'4" | 304 | Louisville | Cincinnati, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 94 | Jerel Worthy | LDT | April 26, 1990 | 6'2" | 308 | Michigan St. | Dayton, OH | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Shareece Wright | RCB | April 8, 1987 | 5'11" | 185 | USC | San Bernardino, CA | 12 | 5 |
| 54 | Eddie Yarbrough | DE | April 24, 1993 | 6'3" | 259 | Wyoming | Aurora, CO | 16 | 6 |
