16. Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech (16th Pick)
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Watching a player that many considered to be one of the 10 best prospects in the draft fall into the middle of the first round, the Buffalo Bills’ brain trust dipped into their trove of draft picks to move up and grab Tremaine Edmunds, with the vision of him becoming their version of Luke Kuechly.
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Edmunds became the youngest player in the NFL to record an interception (at only 20 years old), and finished his rookie year with 121 total tackles, two sacks, two interceptions, and two forced fumbles. In December of his rookie year, Edmunds was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the month.
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