The Buffalo Bills received their wide receiver on Friday night.
The same happened with the Los Angeles Chargers.
After trading up twice and moving out of the first round, the Bills opened Day 2 of the NFL draft by selecting Florida State’s Keon Coleman to give Josh Allen another playmaker and help replace Stefon Diggs.
The Chargers, who selected Notre Dame left tackle Joe Alt over wideouts Malik Nabers and Rome Odunze with the fifth overall pick, traded up to take Georgia’s Ladd McConkey at No. 34. Justin Herbert will count on him to fill the void after the departures of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams.
Seven wide receivers went Thursday night, tying the record for most in the first round.
After Atlanta moved up to sign Clemson defensive lineman Ruke Orhorhoro and Washington signed Illinois defensive lineman Jer’Zhan Newton, New England selected Washington’s Ja’Lynn Polk to make him 10 wide receivers among the 37 first.
The Bills raised a lot of eyebrows by trading the 28th pick to AFC rival Kansas City, which took Xavier Worthy. Buffalo then gave the 32nd pick to Carolina and saw the Panthers take Xavier Legette.
But the Bills added a third-rounder and more draft capital and still ended up with a receiver in Coleman, who had 50 receptions, 658 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns last season.
The Chargers traded picks with the Patriots to get McConkey, who is a sophisticated receiver with deceptive speed.
The most receivers selected in the first two rounds is 13 in 2020.
The Titans took a chance on Texas defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat with the 38th pick after he was arrested for drunk driving. Sweat visited Tennessee after the incident and new coach Brian Callahan said the team would do its homework on players with character concerns.
“There’s a lot of time invested in making sure we resolve whatever these issues are and whether they’re real issues that need to be resolved or whether they’re things that maybe aren’t as harmful as perception might be. be,” Callahan said.
After Florida State defensive tackle Braden Fiske went to the Rams, the Philadelphia Eagles moved up to take Iowa cornerback Cooper DeJean at No. 40. The Eagles made Toledo’s Quinyon Mitchell the first cornerback taken at No. 22 and the addition of DeJean strengthens a now-crowded secondary that includes Darius Slay and James Bradberry.
DeJean started a run on the cornerbacks with back-to-back threes. Alabama’s Kool-Aid McKinstry went to New Orleans, Georgia’s Kamari Lassiter was selected by Houston and Arizona selected Rutgers’ Max Melton.
The Raiders landed a first-round talent at No. 44, selecting Oregon interior lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson.
Texas A&Linebacker Edgerrin Cooper went to Green Bay before Jonathon Brooks became the first running back selected 46th by Carolina.
The Giants drafted Minnesota safety Tyler Nubin, the Jaguars drafted LSU defensive lineman Maason Smith, and the Bengals drafted Michigan defensive lineman Kris Jenkins.
The Commanders, who got picks 50 and 53 from the Eagles in the race for No. 40, selected Michigan cornerback Mike Sainristil with the first of two selections.
___
APNFL:
This story originally appeared on ABCNews.go.com read the full story
