​The Buffalo Bills left the 2026 NFL Draft with seven picks, a class Brandon Beane built to help to maximize Josh Allen’s prime and the Bills’ Super Bowl window while giving new defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard the pieces to help his hybrid defense to succeed. Some of these rookies will play meaningful snaps this season, as GM Brandon Beane has aimed to bolster the roster in the last two NFL offseasons with more immediate contributors.Here’s how they rank up by potential 2026 impact…9. Tommy Doman Jr., P (Michigan)Beane didn’t spend a late-round selection on a punter as a throw in. The team has been actively searching over several seasons for a consistent presence at the position. Doman’s directional leg and hang time offers legitimate camp competition for the first time in a while. If Doman wins the job, the Bills quietly upgrade a phase that matters, including in the January weather during the playoffs.8. Ar’maj Reed-Adams, iOL (Texas A&M)Reed-Adams is a developmental interior lineman on a roster that just re-enforced their trenches up front. He’s not going to unseat anyone in Year 1, what he instead offers is some guard/center flex and a physical profile — 6-foot-5, 314 pounds — that fits Buffalo’s gap-scheme lean. Think of him as an in-house answer to a 2027 free-agent roster need more-so than a 2026 immediate contributor, though he may see rotation time to get his feet wet.7. Zane Durant, DT (Penn State)The fifth-round pick out of Penn State is the most under-discussed rookie on the roster, yet he adds to a key rotational arsenal at his position group.Buffalo’s interior defensive line rotation behind Ed Oliver was thin in 2025, and with an aging DaQuan Jones off the books and DeWayne Carter and T.J. Sanders returning from injuries, the 6-foot-1, 290 pound three-technique with 10 sacks, 22 tackles for loss and 40 starts across four seasons in Happy Valley can contribute as a rotational interior rusher. Leonhard’s 3-4 hybrid utilizes a four-man interior rotation, and Durant can be that fourth piece.6. Jude Bowry, OT (Boston College)Bowry was drafted for the same reason Spencer Brown once was — length, arm strength and enough tape against ACC edges to project as a swing tackle. He’ll be brought along slowly behind Dion Dawkins, but he’ll be the first tackle up if either of those two starters misses time. In a division where the Patriots just made the Super Bowl behind a rebuilt front, having a fourth tackle who can actually play is a strong add.5. Skyler Bell, WR (UCONN)Bell’s OTA reviews were louder than any Day 3 rookie’s should have been, and there’s a real reason: Joe Brady’s offense needs a slot separator behind Khalil Shakir, and the depth chart got thinner the moment DJ Moore slid into the WR1 role on the outside. Bell isn’t going to lead the room in targets. But in three-receiver sets — the personnel grouping Brady used on 60-plus percent of Buffalo’s snaps in 2025 — he has a runway t