Analysis

Bills Front Office Connections To Players in 2022 NFL Draft

Who in the Bills’ front office might be banging the table for “his guy” this year? I’ve bolded the players who are most likely at play, because of the position group they are involved with (ex.: Joe Dickinson is QB Consultant for the Bills and went to QB Spencer Rattler‘s school), or a close relationship with a college coach (ex.: Sean McDermott with Manny Diaz of Miami), or a former Bills player now a college coach (ex.: Jerry Ostroski at Tulsa). Would Terry Pegula eagerly rubber-stamp WR Jahan Dotson from his Nittany alma mater? How about Brandon Beane, the loyal Tarheel, writing the name of UNC RB Ty Chandler or LB Jeremiah Gemmel? Three staff members who coach offensive line will be banging the drum for their particular school’s hogmollies. Aaron Kromer is going to love his backup Center Danny Godlevske. Multiple connections at Miami, Tulsa, Illinois, and Miami (OH) make this small world of connections quite interesting.

NameTitleAlma MaterTop Draftables
Brandon BeaneGMAlma MaterNorth CarolinaPer @Not1Day, Beane went to UNC “Wilmington” aka Beachfront about 4 hours away from North Carolina “UNC Chapel Hill”, and hates North Carolina. Sam Howell, Ty Chandler, Marcus McKethan, and Jeremiah Gemmel hang in the balance.
Kevin MeganckVice President of Football AdministrationAlma MaterOhio StateWR Garrett Wilson, WR Chris Olave, OT Nicholas Petit-Frere
Lake DawsonAsst Dir of College ScoutingAlma MaterNotre DameS Kyle Hamilton, IDL Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, RB Kyren Williams
Malik BoydDirector of Pro PersonnelAlma MaterSouthernOT J’atyre Carter, WR Marquis McClain
Brian GaineSenior Personnel AdvisorAlma MaterMaineOG Liam Dobson (transferred)
Doug MajeskiCoord. of College Scouting, West Area ScoutCollege CoachBuffaloED Taylor Riggins, RB Kevin Marks Jr., LB Kadofi Wright
Dennis HickeySenior National ScoutAlma MaterTulsaOT Tyler Smith, OG Chris Paul; CB Akayleb Evans and CB Allie Green IV (both xferred)
Kyle Shurmur Defensive Quality ControlAlma MaterVanderbiltOG Cole Clemens
Sean McDermottHead CoachFriendship (Manny Diaz)Miami, esp DefenseOT Zion Nelson, QB D’Eriq King, S Bubba Bolden, NT Jonathan Ford, WR Charleston Rambo, ED Scott Patchan (xferred), ED Zach McCloud, WR Mike Harley
Sean McDermottHead CoachFriendship, Pro Coach w Dave Aranda at CarolinaLSU, esp DefenseCB Derek Stingley Jr., OLB Mike Jones Jr., IDL Ali Gaye, ED Damone Clark, IDL Glen Logan
Sean McDermottHead CoachFriendship w Dave Aranda, now Penn State DCPenn St, esp DefenseWR Jahan Dotson, SS Jaquan Brisker, ED Arnold Ebiketie, OLB Brandon Smith, OT Rasheed Walker, CB Tariq Castro-Fields, ED Jesse Luketa
Sean McDermottHead CoachFriendship w Baylor’s Dave ArandaBaylor, esp DefenseSS NCB FS Jalen Pitre, WR Tyquan Thornton, CB Kalon Barnes, OLB Terrel Bernard, RB Abram Smith. FS J.T. Woods
Terry PegulaOwnerAlma MaterPenn StateWR Jahan Dotson, SS Jaquan Brisker, ED Arnold Ebiketie, OLB Brandon Smith, OT Rasheed Walker, CB Tariq Castro-Fields, ED Jesse Luketa
Ken DorseyOC, former QB CoachAlma MaterMiami, esp OffenseOT Zion Nelson, QB D’Eriq King, S Bubba Bolden, NT Jonathan Ford, WR Charleston Rambo, ED Scott Patchan (xferred), LB Zach McCloud, WR Mike Harley
Jerry OstroskiOL DL Coach, Tulsa; OL, Bills (1994-2001)College CoachTulsaDL1T Tyarise Stevenson, OT Tyler Smith, CB Allie Green IV
Curtis RukavinaAsst Director of Pro Scouting / FAHometownMississauga, ONWR John Metchie III‘s family moved to Mississauga –Rukavina’s hometown– from Ghana. Curtis Rukavina (Asst Director of Pro Scouting / Advances) came to the Bills from the CFL where he played for, and later was Director of Player Personnel for, the Toronto Argonauts. John Metchie’s older brother, Royce, was on that team.
Shea TierneyAsst QBAlma MaterNC StateOT Ikem Ekwonu, RB Zonovan Knight, RB Ricky Person Jr., WR Emeka Emezie; ED Jeffrey Gunter (xferred)
Joe DickinsonQB Consultant for BillsCollege CoachOklahomaQB Spencer Rattler, IDL Perrion Winfrey, ED Nik Bonitto; WR Charleston Rambo (xferred),
Aaron KromerOL CoachAlma MaterMiami (OH)SS ILB Sterling Weatherford , ED Dominique Robinson; OC Danny Godlevske (was a grad transfer from Kromer’s alma mater, where he played with Tommy Doyle)
Ryan WendellAsst OLAlma MaterFresno StateNT Kevin Atkins, EDGE Arron Mosby, RB Ronnie Rivers, OT Alex Akingbulu
Terry HeffernanAsst OLCollege CoachLouisvilleOC Cole Bentley
Rob BorasTE CoachCollege CoachTexasCB Josh Thompson, NT T’Vondre Sweat, K Cameron Dicker
Chad HallWR CoachAlma MaterAir ForceED Jordan Jackson
Marc LubickAsst WR CoachAlma MaterMontana StateLB Troy Andersen
Kelly SkipperRB CoachAlma MaterFresno StateNT Kevin Atkins, EDGE Arron Mosby, RB Ronnie Rivers
Leslie FrazierDCCollege CoachIllinoisS Kerby Joseph
Leslie FrazierDCDerek Mason, Leslie’s DB Coach for Vikings, was DC this year at AuburnAuburnCB Roger McCreary, FS Smoke Monday, CB Nehemiah Pritchett
OLB Zakoby McClain
, ILB OLB Chandler Wooten
Eric WashingtonDL CoachCollege CoachTexas A&MIDL DeMarvin Leal
Eric WashingtonDL CoachCollege CoachNorthwesternFS Brandon Joseph, CB A.J. Hampton
Eric WashingtonDL CoachCollege CoachOhioTE Armani Rogers
Bob Babich (ret.)LB CoachCollege CoachWisconsinOT Logan Brown, TE Jake Ferguson, QB Graham Mertz, ILB Jack Sanborn
Bob Babich (ret.)LB CoachCollege CoachPittsburghQB Kenny Pickett, IDL Calijah Kancey
Bob Babich (ret.)LB CoachHometownPittsburghQB Kenny Pickett, IDL Calijah Kancey
Bob Babich (ret.)LB CoachAlma Mater, Player, College CoachTulsaG Chris Paul, OT Tyler Smith, WR Josh Johnson
Bobby BabichLB CoachHometownTulsaG Chris Paul, OT Tyler Smith, WR Josh Johnson
John EgorugwuAsst LB CoachAlma Mater, College CoachMissouriRB Tyler Badie
John ButlerDB CoachCollege CoachPenn StateWR Jahan Dotson, S Jaquan Brisker, LB Brandon Smith , EDGE Arnold Ebiketie, OT Rasheed Walker, CB Tariq Castro-Fields, P Jordan Stout
Matthew SmileyST CoordinatorAlma MaterIllinoisS Kerby Joseph, OT Vererian Lowe, P Blake Hayes
Dennis HickeySenior National ScoutAlma Mater and PlayerTulsaOT Tyler Smith, G Chris Paul, WR Josh Johnson
Dennis HickeySenior National ScoutFriendshipTulaneLB Marvin Moody
Pete HarrisNortheast Area ScoutAlma MaterMiamiOT Zion Nelson, S Bubba Bolden, TE Will Mallory, QB D’Eriq King, ILB Zach McCloud
A.J. HighsmithArea ScoutAlma MaterMiamiOT Zion Nelson, S Bubba Bolden, TE Will Mallory, QB D’Eriq King, ILB Zach McCloud
Asil MulbahScoutAlma MaterSyracuseWR Nykeim Johnson, DL McKinley Williams
Keith JenningsBLESTO ScoutAlma MaterClemsonCB Andrew Booth Jr. , Cb Derion Kendrick, CB Sheridan Jones, IDL Tyler Davis and Xavier Thomas, WR Frank Ladson Jr. and Joseph Ngata
Dennis LockDirector of Football Research & StrategyIowa StateRB Breece Hall, TE Charlie Kolar, LB Mike Rose, DL Eyioma Uwazurike, QB Brock Purdy
Luis GuilamoDirector of Analytics and Application DevelopmentIllinoisS Kerby Joseph, OT Vererian Lowe, P Blake Hayes
Editor’s babble: Just when you think Dean is running out of correlations to examine, he finds another angle. I marvel at his mind on a regular basis. Which also why we are so grateful for his many contributions to our blog. You can also find Dean on Twitter @TCBILLS_Astro.

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