The Bills may have found something with rookie guard Ar’maj Reed-Adams, and his preseason work suggests Buffalo’s offensive line future just got a lot more interesting.
Reed-Adams entered the league as one of the final 20 picks in the draft, taken in the seventh round, so simply making the 53-man roster was already a notable outcome. That’s especially true in a class where 18 of the 41 seventh-round selections were waived by cutdown day, which fits the usual pattern for that part of the draft.
Most late-round linemen are fighting just to survive the summer. Reed-Adams did more than survive.
Before the draft, he had a third-round grade and was viewed as the writer’s IOL5. The appeal started with the frame: 6’6”, 314 pounds, 34 3/8” arms, and plenty of room to add more mass.
Those measurements matter in a league that keeps leaning harder into size and length up front, and Reed-Adams already looks built for that direction. Buffalo’s new offensive line coach Pat Meyer, a disciple of Aaron Kromer, figures to keep that emphasis alive.
The physical tools are obvious, but the game tape backed them up too. In preseason action, Reed-Adams was eye-catching on pass protection reps, logging 103 pass-blocking snaps without allowing a pressure.
He also committed just one holding penalty and no false starts. For a rookie, that’s a clean summer.
His college résumé helps explain why he looked ready. Reed-Adams played more than 2,300 snaps across six seasons at Kansas and Texas A&M, and he’ll turn 25 in November.
He gave up just two sacks on 739 pass-blocking snaps with the Aggies in 2024 and 2025 combined, and he served as a team captain in 2025. For an offensive lineman, that kind of experience can matter more than age.
Buffalo already extended right guard O’Cyrus Torrence in August, and Reed-Adams played that same spot at Texas A&M. But the rookie also handled 78 preseason snaps at left guard without looking overwhelmed, which gives the Bills flexibility. Alec Anderson beat out veteran Austin Corbett for the starting left guard job this season, and both Anderson and Corbett are on one-year deals in 2026.
That opens a path for Reed-Adams to become a real starting candidate at left guard in 2027. His summer could also matter if Buffalo has to sort out future contract talks with Anderson or Corbett, especially if either player turns in a strong season.
There’s even a case that the Bills would be in decent shape if Reed-Adams had to play in a regular-season game as a rookie. And if he develops into a quality guard in Orchard Park, he’d add another name to the growing list of Day 3 finds credited to Brandon Beane and his scouting staff.
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