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.
| Name | Title | Alma Mater | Top Draftables | |
| Brandon Beane | GM | Alma Mater | North Carolina | Per @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 Meganck | Vice President of Football Administration | Alma Mater | Ohio State | WR Garrett Wilson, WR Chris Olave, OT Nicholas Petit-Frere |
| Lake Dawson | Asst Dir of College Scouting | Alma Mater | Notre Dame | S Kyle Hamilton, IDL Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, RB Kyren Williams |
| Malik Boyd | Director of Pro Personnel | Alma Mater | Southern | OT J’atyre Carter, WR Marquis McClain |
| Brian Gaine | Senior Personnel Advisor | Alma Mater | Maine | OG Liam Dobson (transferred) |
| Doug Majeski | Coord. of College Scouting, West Area Scout | College Coach | Buffalo | ED Taylor Riggins, RB Kevin Marks Jr., LB Kadofi Wright |
| Dennis Hickey | Senior National Scout | Alma Mater | Tulsa | OT Tyler Smith, OG Chris Paul; CB Akayleb Evans and CB Allie Green IV (both xferred) |
| Kyle Shurmur | Defensive Quality Control | Alma Mater | Vanderbilt | OG Cole Clemens |
| Sean McDermott | Head Coach | Friendship (Manny Diaz) | Miami, esp Defense | OT 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 McDermott | Head Coach | Friendship, Pro Coach w Dave Aranda at Carolina | LSU, esp Defense | CB Derek Stingley Jr., OLB Mike Jones Jr., IDL Ali Gaye, ED Damone Clark, IDL Glen Logan |
| Sean McDermott | Head Coach | Friendship w Dave Aranda, now Penn State DC | Penn St, esp Defense | WR Jahan Dotson, SS Jaquan Brisker, ED Arnold Ebiketie, OLB Brandon Smith, OT Rasheed Walker, CB Tariq Castro-Fields, ED Jesse Luketa |
| Sean McDermott | Head Coach | Friendship w Baylor’s Dave Aranda | Baylor, esp Defense | SS NCB FS Jalen Pitre, WR Tyquan Thornton, CB Kalon Barnes, OLB Terrel Bernard, RB Abram Smith. FS J.T. Woods |
| Terry Pegula | Owner | Alma Mater | Penn State | WR Jahan Dotson, SS Jaquan Brisker, ED Arnold Ebiketie, OLB Brandon Smith, OT Rasheed Walker, CB Tariq Castro-Fields, ED Jesse Luketa |
| Ken Dorsey | OC, former QB Coach | Alma Mater | Miami, esp Offense | OT 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 Ostroski | OL DL Coach, Tulsa; OL, Bills (1994-2001) | College Coach | Tulsa | DL1T Tyarise Stevenson, OT Tyler Smith, CB Allie Green IV |
| Curtis Rukavina | Asst Director of Pro Scouting / FA | Hometown | Mississauga, ON | WR 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 Tierney | Asst QB | Alma Mater | NC State | OT Ikem Ekwonu, RB Zonovan Knight, RB Ricky Person Jr., WR Emeka Emezie; ED Jeffrey Gunter (xferred) |
| Joe Dickinson | QB Consultant for Bills | College Coach | Oklahoma | QB Spencer Rattler, IDL Perrion Winfrey, ED Nik Bonitto; WR Charleston Rambo (xferred), |
| Aaron Kromer | OL Coach | Alma Mater | Miami (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 Wendell | Asst OL | Alma Mater | Fresno State | NT Kevin Atkins, EDGE Arron Mosby, RB Ronnie Rivers, OT Alex Akingbulu |
| Terry Heffernan | Asst OL | College Coach | Louisville | OC Cole Bentley |
| Rob Boras | TE Coach | College Coach | Texas | CB Josh Thompson, NT T’Vondre Sweat, K Cameron Dicker |
| Chad Hall | WR Coach | Alma Mater | Air Force | ED Jordan Jackson |
| Marc Lubick | Asst WR Coach | Alma Mater | Montana State | LB Troy Andersen |
| Kelly Skipper | RB Coach | Alma Mater | Fresno State | NT Kevin Atkins, EDGE Arron Mosby, RB Ronnie Rivers |
| Leslie Frazier | DC | College Coach | Illinois | S Kerby Joseph |
| Leslie Frazier | DC | Derek Mason, Leslie’s DB Coach for Vikings, was DC this year at Auburn | Auburn | CB Roger McCreary, FS Smoke Monday, CB Nehemiah Pritchett OLB Zakoby McClain, ILB OLB Chandler Wooten |
| Eric Washington | DL Coach | College Coach | Texas A&M | IDL DeMarvin Leal |
| Eric Washington | DL Coach | College Coach | Northwestern | FS Brandon Joseph, CB A.J. Hampton |
| Eric Washington | DL Coach | College Coach | Ohio | TE Armani Rogers |
| Bob Babich (ret.) | LB Coach | College Coach | Wisconsin | OT Logan Brown, TE Jake Ferguson, QB Graham Mertz, ILB Jack Sanborn |
| Bob Babich (ret.) | LB Coach | College Coach | Pittsburgh | QB Kenny Pickett, IDL Calijah Kancey |
| Bob Babich (ret.) | LB Coach | Hometown | Pittsburgh | QB Kenny Pickett, IDL Calijah Kancey |
| Bob Babich (ret.) | LB Coach | Alma Mater, Player, College Coach | Tulsa | G Chris Paul, OT Tyler Smith, WR Josh Johnson |
| Bobby Babich | LB Coach | Hometown | Tulsa | G Chris Paul, OT Tyler Smith, WR Josh Johnson |
| John Egorugwu | Asst LB Coach | Alma Mater, College Coach | Missouri | RB Tyler Badie |
| John Butler | DB Coach | College Coach | Penn State | WR Jahan Dotson, S Jaquan Brisker, LB Brandon Smith , EDGE Arnold Ebiketie, OT Rasheed Walker, CB Tariq Castro-Fields, P Jordan Stout |
| Matthew Smiley | ST Coordinator | Alma Mater | Illinois | S Kerby Joseph, OT Vererian Lowe, P Blake Hayes |
| Dennis Hickey | Senior National Scout | Alma Mater and Player | Tulsa | OT Tyler Smith, G Chris Paul, WR Josh Johnson |
| Dennis Hickey | Senior National Scout | Friendship | Tulane | LB Marvin Moody |
| Pete Harris | Northeast Area Scout | Alma Mater | Miami | OT Zion Nelson, S Bubba Bolden, TE Will Mallory, QB D’Eriq King, ILB Zach McCloud |
| A.J. Highsmith | Area Scout | Alma Mater | Miami | OT Zion Nelson, S Bubba Bolden, TE Will Mallory, QB D’Eriq King, ILB Zach McCloud |
| Asil Mulbah | Scout | Alma Mater | Syracuse | WR Nykeim Johnson, DL McKinley Williams |
| Keith Jennings | BLESTO Scout | Alma Mater | Clemson | CB Andrew Booth Jr. , Cb Derion Kendrick, CB Sheridan Jones, IDL Tyler Davis and Xavier Thomas, WR Frank Ladson Jr. and Joseph Ngata |
| Dennis Lock | Director of Football Research & Strategy | Iowa State | RB Breece Hall, TE Charlie Kolar, LB Mike Rose, DL Eyioma Uwazurike, QB Brock Purdy | |
| Luis Guilamo | Director of Analytics and Application Development | Illinois | S Kerby Joseph, OT Vererian Lowe, P Blake Hayes |
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