Buffalo Bills

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Buffalo Billsfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).

Every position room Buffalo Bills has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 8 holders across 41 years, a new one every 5.1 on average.

1. Specialists8 holders · 7 handoffs · 1984–2024 · one every 5.1y
   John Kidd1984–1989→Chris Mohr1991–2000→Steve Christie1992–2000→Brian Moorman2001–2013→Rian Lindell2003–2012→Dan Carpenter2013–2016→Tyler Bass2020–2024→Sam Martin2022–2024
2. QB12 holders · 11 handoffs · 1982–2025 · one every 3.7y
   Matt Kofler1982–1984→Frank Reich1985–1994→Jim Kelly1986–1996→Todd Collins1995–1997→Doug Flutie1998–2000→Rob Johnson1999–2001→Drew Bledsoe2002–2004→J.P. Losman2004–2008→Trent Edwards2007–2009→Ryan Fitzpatrick2009–2012→Tyrod Taylor2015–2017→Josh Allen2018–2025
3. TE14 holders · 13 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 3.3y
   Mark Brammer1980–1984→Buster Barnett1981–1984→Pete Metzelaars1985–1994→Butch Rolle1986–1991→Keith McKeller1987–1993→Tony Cline1995–1997→Jay Riemersma1997–2002→Mark Campbell2003–2005→Robert Royal2006–2008→Scott Chandler2010–2014→Lee Smith2011–2020→Charles Clay2015–2018→Dawson Knox2019–2025→Dalton Kincaid2023–2025
4. WR22 holders · 21 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 2y
   Byron Franklin1981–1984→Chris Burkett1985–1989→Andre Reed1985–1999→Don Beebe1989–1994→Steve Tasker1990–1996→Bill Brooks1993–1995→Russell Copeland1993–1996→Quinn Early1996–1998→Eric Moulds1996–2005→Peerless Price1999–2007→Josh Reed2002–2009→Lee Evans2004–2010→Roscoe Parrish2005–2011→Steve Johnson2008–2013→Robert Woods2013–2016→Sammy Watkins2014–2016→Isaiah McKenzie2018–2022→Cole Beasley2019–2022→John Brown2019–2022→Stefon Diggs2020–2023→Gabe Davis2020–2025→Khalil Shakir2022–2025
5. RB24 holders · 23 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 1.9y
   Joe Cribbs1980–1985→Robb Riddick1981–1988→Booker Moore1982–1985→Greg Bell1984–1987→Ronnie Harmon1986–1989→Jamie Mueller1987–1990→Thurman Thomas1988–1999→Kenneth Davis1989–1994→Carwell Gardner1990–1995→Darick Holmes1995–1998→Antowain Smith1997–2000→Jonathan Linton1998–2000→Sam Gash1998–2003→Sammy Morris2000–2003→Larry Centers2001–2002→Travis Henry2001–2004→Willis McGahee2004–2006→Marshawn Lynch2007–2009→Fred Jackson2007–2014→C.J. Spiller2010–2014→LeSean McCoy2015–2018→Devin Singletary2019–2022→James Cook2022–2025→Ty Johnson2023–2025
6. DL26 holders · 25 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 1.6y
   Bruce Smith1985–1999→Mike Lodish1990–1994→Phil Hansen1991–2001→Ted Washington1995–2000→Gabe Northern1996–1999→Shawn Price1996–2001→Marcellus Wiley1997–2000→Pat Williams1998–2004→Aaron Schobel2001–2009→Ryan Denney2002–2009→Sam Adams2003–2005→Chris Kelsay2003–2012→Kyle Williams2006–2018→Marcus Stroud2008–2010→Spencer Johnson2008–2012→Marcell Dareus2011–2016→Mario Williams2012–2015→Jerry Hughes2013–2021→Shaq Lawson2016–2023→Trent Murphy2018–2020→Jordan Phillips2018–2025→Ed Oliver2019–2025→Mario Addison2020–2021→Quinton Jefferson2020–2024→A.J. Epenesa2020–2025→DaQuan Jones2022–2025

+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1980–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.