Bills trade up to draft QB Josh Allen with the 7th pick

Josh Allen’s road to the NFL Draft was never smooth.

Buffalo swapped first-round picks with Tampa Bay and gave up two additional second-round picks.

Allen didn’t exactly dominate his collegiate competition, with just over 1,800 yards and 16 touchdowns last season.

The 21-year-old, born in Firebaugh, California, signed with Reedley Community College in California for the 2014 season, throwing for 26 touchdowns and 285 yards a game (with 66 rushing yards per contest) in his lone season there.

It appears the in-thing for fans Thursday night during the NFL Draft is to question – even be frustrated – by their team’s first-round pick. A candidate to be taken first, Tunsil wasn’t selected until the 13 pick, by the Dolphins. We all want to see a top quarterback prospect make history and do something special, but it’s a huge risk for a team to bank on someone being a complete outlier when you’re spending massive draft capital on him.

Nothing in his National Football League career has been smooth sailing for A.J. McCarron, and the National Football League draft on Thursday has only added to that frustration.

Despite the expectations of many analysts, the biggest rumor floating around Dallas is that the Browns will take Oklahoma quarterback and reigning Heisman Trophy victor Baker Mayfield number one overall.

On a day that was supposed to be the exciting, hopeful start of something new, Allen and his team were left playing damage control for almost 24 hours.

Allen is the first quarterback the bills have ever selected in the top ten of the draft. From the Buccaneers, the Bills got the 7th overall pick and also got the Bucs 255th overall pick (7th round). – Fifth-year UW coach Craig Bohl about an hour before the draft.

Tampa Bay used the 12th pick to take defensive tackle Vita Vea from Washington.