Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR Sports Radio 550) - In the days leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, WGR will provide profiles on some players that could be a good fit for the Buffalo Bills at positions of need.
As we continue to focus on cornerbacks, this profile will feature Trey Amos from Ole Miss.
The college journey for Amos included three different stops for the New Iberia, La. native.
The 63rd-rated player in the state after his high school career, Amos went just 20 miles from his hometown when he decided to play for the University of Louisiana. He spent three seasons with the Ragin’ Cajuns, playing in 34 games, totaling 59 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss, 14 pass break ups and one interception.
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound corner then transferred to the University of Alabama, where he played 14 games for the Crimson Tide, but started just one. He had 12 tackles and five pass breakups, but was stuck behind established starters.
There was a good chance Amos would have been one of the starting corners for the Tide last season, but longtime Alabama coach Nick Saban retired after the 2023 campaign and Amos transferred.
Amos stayed in the SEC, though, and ended up at Ole Miss. He started 13 games for the Rebels and had the best year of his college career, finishing fifth on the team in tackles, tied for first in interceptions (3) and led in pass breakups (13). The latter was the most by a Rebel player since 2015.
For his play in 2024, Amos was named a First-Team All-SEC member, and a Second-Team All-American.
Amos was also a track standout in high school, as he won a state championship in the long jump when he recorded a jump of 22 feet, 9 inches.
Here is what Joe Marino from the “Locked on Bills” and “Locked on NFL Scouting” podcasts has to say about Amos:
Positives:
I think Amos is very much in play for the Bills at 30th overall.
I like that he's very much a player that checks the boxes with size and athleticism, but he also leveled up. He starts his career with three years at Louisiana, then finishes with two seasons in the SEC, and validates the player that he is.
He levels up and proves it. He played his best football the final year and that's a very similar path actually to current Bills guard O'Cyrus Torrance. There's coverage versatility and balance in press coverage. I think he's very good at layering and squeezing routes in zone, and sticky in man coverage.
He's physical in coverage and I think there are excellent ball skills here where he illustrates a calmness when challenged when the ball is in the air. I think he knows he's got that ability to invade the catch point and make plays on the ball.
Pretty complete skill set here in coverage and playing the ball and being physical.
Concerns:
There are times where he allows vertical separation, and I think he likes to bait throws. I think he likes to play from the trail when he's carrying routes vertically and I think that got him in trouble a little bit at Ole Miss. He's gonna have to be a little bit more willing to stay in phase or stay in leverage vertically to not allow vertical separation.
He's got plenty of speed, but I think he's actually faster than he is quick. When he can open his stride, he can really cover ground. But those initial steps may not be quite as rapid or he might not have as much foot fire early. When he can really open and turn you see a lot more speed.
I think for a bigger corner he is generally physical, but he has latch on tackler tendencies. When you talk about tackling, it's get low, wrap up, run your run your feet through contact. With Trey he's guilty of wanting to latch on from the side and be more of a latch on track down tackler so that's something he's going to have to clean up.
WGR will provide full coverage of the 2025 NFL Draft during all seven rounds, starting Thursday, April 24 and continuing through Saturday, April 26.
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