The Buffalo Bills added another name to the cornerback mix on August 12, 2026, signing Anthony Kendall to a one-year deal and waiving defensive lineman Kody Huisman in the corresponding move.
The timing made sense. A day earlier, Buffalo had been short-handed at cornerback, with Maxwell Hairston and Kani Walker not seen at practice and reportedly dealing with injuries.
The Bills also brought in five players for tryouts that same day, including three defensive backs. Kendall did enough to earn the contract three days later, landing with Buffalo just before the team’s August 15 preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers.
Kendall’s path to this point has been a long one. He played college ball at Baldwin Wallace, a Division III program in Ohio, then signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2023. That move made him the school’s first NFL player since 1987.
As a rookie in 2023, Kendall appeared in all 16 games and finished with 9 tackles. Most of that work came on special teams, with only 3 defensive snaps that season. The Titans waived him in 2024, and he then landed on the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad.
In February 2025, Kendall signed with the Cleveland Browns, but a shoulder injury wiped out his entire season.
Buffalo’s preseason opener was a strong one on the scoreboard, with the Bills beating the Panthers 29-14 at their new Highmark Stadium, the first NFL game at the venue. Josh Allen made a brief appearance and directed two scoring drives, going 6-for-8 for 111 yards.
What Kendall did in that game, though, isn’t documented in the available reporting. There are no listed snap counts, tackles or specific special-teams notes, so his preseason debut with Buffalo can’t really be measured from the record that’s out there.
For now, Kendall looks like a depth piece in camp. The Bills already have a crowded cornerback group with Christian Benford, Dee Alford, Davison Igbinosun and Toriano Pride Jr. among the players in the mix, and that competition figures to get even tighter once Hairston and Walker are back to full health.
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