Buffalo Bills draft Ohio State cornerback Davison Igbinosun with 62nd pick in 2026 NFL Draft

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Ronald Martinez / Getty Images Share articleThe Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 NFL Draft. The Buffalo Bills selected Ohio State cornerback with the 62nd pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Igbinosun, who is 6-foot-2 and 189 pounds, joins the Bills after starting three seasons with the Buckeyes. He finished his Ohio State career with 156 tackles in 43 games as a starter. He was named Second Team All-Big Ten his senior season. Igbinosun ranked No. 68 in Dane Brugler’s top 300 big board. Here’s what Brugler had to say about him in his annual NFL Draft guide: A three-year starter at Ohio State, Igbinosun was an outside boundary cornerback in defensive coordinator Matt Patricia’s zone-based (Cover 3) scheme with man-cover variations. After one season at Ole Miss, he transferred to Columbus in 2023 and became an immediate starter, subsequently leading the Buckeyes in both passes defended and interceptions as a junior and senior. He played his best as a senior, allowing just 22 catches (one for more than 20 yards) and zero touchdowns. With prototypical size and speed for outside work, Igbinosun can carry routes vertically and stay in phase to contest passing windows. He plays with presence and looks to reroute receivers from press or downfield. However, he plays upright, tight and struggles to turn and find the ball with his back to the quarterback. Teams must be comfortable with his aggressive physicality — he was flagged a combined 16 times in coverage over the past two seasons (although that number decreased from 12 in 2024 to four in ‘25). Has the size and speed NFL coaches covet, but needs to cut down on penalties. An extremely physical corner with great length and a great overall frame, Igbinosun is very hard to beat in press or near the line of scrimmage and at the catch point. He does grab a lot, though, and will have to reel his hands in to avoid becoming an NFL penalty magnet. The Bills moved up to select Igbinosun, and in doing so, added another cornerback who gives them the ability to play man coverage at a higher rate than the veteran cornerbacks they purged from the roster in the offseason. Where Igbinosun lacks in body weight (189) pounds, he makes up for it with excellent height (6-2) and arm length (nearly 33 inches). Even for a slighter build, Igbinosun’s physicality and ability as a run defender made him an appealing option. The newest Bills cornerback only turned 22 in early April. — Bills beat writer Joe Buscaglia The Bills have two big investments at boundary cornerback in Christian Benford, whom they gave a long-term contract extension to last offseason, and Maxwell Hairston, their first-round selection in 2025. Past them, however, the Bills did not have a single boundary cornerback on their roster who is a lock for the 53-man roster. Igbinosun immediately becomes the team’s primary backup to Benford and Hairston. The pick may not make sense initially, but having dependable man coverage on the boundary will be extremely important to the Bills’ new scheme. On top of that, new Bills defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard, if he adopts some of the principles from his last stop in Denver, could play a healthy percentage of dime. That personnel usually has four cornerbacks on the field at one time, so if Igbinosun is ready to contribute as a rookie, he could join Benford, Hairston and nickel corner Dee Alford as the Bills’ four cornerbacks. — Buscaglia From the time the Bills selected T.J. Parker at No. 35, five inside linebackers went off the board in Jacob Rodriguez, Josiah Trotter, Jake Golday, C.J. Allen and Anthony Hill Jr. On top of that, they watched a pair of defensive linemen of interest go off the board, Christen Miller and Lee Hunter. The legitimate options of where the value of the pick met their need were drying up. The Bills could have gone for Iowa State nose tackle Domonique Orange, though his immediate defensive role may not have been much bigger than Igbinosun’s, and the Bills’ depth at cornerback was worse. — Buscaglia The Bills had to come away with a cornerback within the first four rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft, but it came through a bit earlier than many expected. Generally speaking, whenever Bills GM Brandon Beane makes a move up the board, it’s because there is a drop-off in grades on the team’s board. That’s likely what happened with Igbinosun. A somewhat unexpected deep run at another Bills need position, inside linebacker, likely contributed to the Bills feeling the urgency to move up and capitalize on a player with a second-round grade. Igbinosun gives the Bills everything they would have looked for in a cornerback prospect later in the draft and then some, and now, even gives them some insurance for Hairston should he struggle in his second season. — Buscaglia Spot the pattern. 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