Plus, get to know rookie edge rusher Javon Solomon, who led the FBS in sacks (16) for Troy in 2023. The Buffalo Bills used their 10 selections in the 2024
As a fifth-round pick at the 2024 NFL draft out of FBS school Troy, pass rusher Javon Solomon will have plenty to work on in the pros. The Buffalo Bills recognized that, too.
It was no secret that the Buffalo Bills needed a wide receiver early in this year’s NFL Draft after trading star receiver Stefon Diggs to the Houston Texans
The Buffalo Bills took a late fifth-round flier on a somewhat undersized but uber productive edge rusher. Troy's Javon Solomon, the No. 168 overall selection, will have the chance to break into a rotation that already features lengthy pass rushers Greg Rousseau and AJ Epenesa along with grizzled veteran Von Miller.
The Bills get a pass-rush specialist to cap the fifth round For some time now, it’d felt like the Buffalo Bills had size parameters to follow by in order to draft an edge rusher prospect at any point in the NFL Draft.
Solomon joins the Bills after a 16-sack season in 2023 The Buffalo Bills have selected edge rusher Javon Solomon out of Troy with the 168th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
The Buffalo Bills have doubled down on adding depth on the defensive front at the 2024 NFL draft. After selecting DeWayne Carter in the third round, Buffalo brings on Troy’s Javon Solomon with a firth-round selection: A collection of Solomon’s college highlights can be found below:
While the Pittsburgh Steelers may not have an urgent need for another outside linebacker, bolstering depth at the position remains a valuable consideration.
Javon Solomon NFL Draft Overview Position: EDGE/linebacker Height: 6′-1″ Weight: 246 pounds School: Troy More 2024 NFL Draft Profiles After spending the past five years at Troy, edge defender Javon Solomon has officially declared for the 2024 NFL Draft.
Which of these two mid-round options would you choose? General manager Joe Schoen and the New York Giants already made a hefty investment into their edge room at the start of the new league year.
College: Troy College Position: OLB/5-tech/Wide-9 Ideal NFL Position: Situational Pass Rusher Height/Weight: 6'1", 246 lbs Year / Age: RS Junior / 23 Draft Projection: 4th/5th Round Where I’d Take Him: Late 3rd round Javon Solomon Combine Results Solomon attended Amos P.
In the Jon Sumrall era of Troy football, perhaps the biggest thing that people will remember is the strength of the Trojans' front seven throughout the last two years, as well as in the 18 months or so beforehand.
The Buffalo Bills have some heavy hitters on their defensive front, but Javon Solomon could be a name for the future to keep an eye on. The Troy pass rusher said at the 2024 NFL scouting combine that he had spoken with the Bills at the event.
Can Solomon be a pass rushing steal? One of the best parts of the process leading up to the NFL Draft is the chance to find prospects who have tremendous upside but have toiled in relative obscurity.
The last truly productive pass rusher from Troy University to come to the NFL was Osi Umenyiora, the New York Giants' second-round pick in the 2003 draft.
Under-sized edge defender comes from a place that produced Umenyiora, Demarcus Ware NFL teams will take pass rush help wherever they can get it. The New York Giants, 20th in the NFL in pressure percentage in 2023 despite being second in blitz rate, can use a significant infusion of pass rush help in 2024.
HEIGHT: 6'0¾" WEIGHT: 247 HAND: 10⅝" ARM: 33¾" WINGSPAN: 80" 40-YARD DASH: 3-CONE: SHUTTLE: VERTICAL: BROAD: POSITIVES — Accelerates off the line of scrimmage…
The Las Vegas Raiders are evaluating young talent in the 2024 NFL Draft, determining which prospects best fit with the Silver and Black. The Raiders are looking for players who will help them win in the short term, but they want to win in the long term, so they have to strike a balance between the two when trying to find the right prospects.
NFL prospects from major programs get most of the attention, but there are numerous examples of players drafted from small schools who have become difference-makers.
Height: 6’2 Weight: 245 lbs. Class: Senior (5th-Year) School: Troy College Statistics A former three-star recruit out of Amos P. Godby High School in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was the 267th Floridian recruit and the 137th OLB in the 2019 recruiting cycle.
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