The Buffalo Bills learned a hard lesson about cornerback depth—and they made sure not to repeat it in the 2025 NFL Draft. After watching their secondary get thin in a hurry last season, general manager Brandon Beane made a calculated move to stock the shelves, trading up in the second round to grab Ohio State's Davison Igbinosun and adding two more defensive backs later in the draft.

Heading into draft weekend, the Bills looked solid at the top. Christian Benford is locked in on one side, and 2025 first-round pick Maxwell Hairston is the favorite to start opposite him. But behind those two? A whole lot of question marks. With Tre'Davious White hitting free agency and Dorian Strong's status uncertain after neck surgery, the depth chart was essentially a blank page.

That's why Beane didn't hesitate to move up for Igbinosun, a physical, press-man corner who made plays for the Buckeyes. "I thought the biggest hole on our roster was corner," Beane said after the draft. "Corner is a premium position. You can't have enough of those guys."

Some analysts had mocked a cornerback to Buffalo at No. 26 overall, but that never felt realistic. Why spend a first-round pick on a player who might not start in 2026—a critical year as Joe Brady takes over as head coach and the Bills need to hit the ground running? A first-rounder should be a cornerstone, not a sub-package specialist.

But in the second round? That's where value meets need. Igbinosun steps into a competition that's wide open behind Benford and Hairston, and he'll push both for snaps. Beane didn't stop there, either. He added versatile Jalon Kilgore in the fifth round and cornerback Toriano Pride Jr. in the seventh, turning a position of weakness into a strength.

In total, three of Buffalo's 10 picks went to the secondary. It's a bet on depth, on competition, and on the hard lesson that you can never have too many capable defensive backs. For Bills fans, that's a draft strategy worth getting excited about.