Green Bay, Wis. (WGR Sports Radio 550) - The Buffalo Bills decided not to wait around until Pick 56 to make their first selection of Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft.
The Bills moved up 15 draft positions in the second round in a trade with the Chicago Bears, acquiring the 41st and 72nd overall picks for Picks 56, 62 and 169 in the draft.
With the 41st overall pick, the Bills elected to bolster their defensive front with the selection of defensive tackle T.J. Sanders out of the University of South Carolina.
Standing at 6-foot-4 and 297 pounds, Sanders was a two-year starter for the Gamecocks. After recording 4.5 sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss in the 2023 season, he tallied just four sacks and seven tackles for loss in 2024.
Sanders appeared in 13 games in his final year at South Carolina, tallying 51 total tackles, with 29 of them being solo efforts.
Here is what NFL draft analyst Lance Zierlein has to say about Sanders:
"Sanders is a powerful road block with heavy hands and a strong core. He rarely touches the ground. Despite a lack of knee bend, he usually gives better than he gets, and blockers have a hard time keeping him sealed. He punches and locks out quickly with a twitchy shed to tackle a gap over. His rush features average first-step quickness, but sudden hand swipes and play-through power in his lower half open pathways to the pocket. Sanders' blend of power and pressure should put him on the board for both odd- and even-front defenses as a potential three-down solution."
Following the trade with Chicago, the Bills will next draft with the 72nd overall selection in the third round.
