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Flashback Friday: Bills First-Round Draft Picks 1980-Pres.

From Jim Ritcher to Shaq Lawson, check out photos from more than 30 years of Bills first-round draft selections.

C Jim Ritcher, North Carolina St. (1980)
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RB Booker Moore, Penn St. (1981)
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WR Perry Tuttle, Clemson (1982)
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QB Jim Kelly, Miami (1983)
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RB Greg Bell, Notre Dame (1984)
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DE Bruce Smith, Virginia Tech (1985)
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G Will Wolford, Vanderbilt (1986)
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LB Shane Conlan, Penn St. (1987)
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CB James Williams, Fresno St. (1990)
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DB Henry Jones, Illinois (1991)
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OL John Fina, Arizona (1992)
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DB Thomas Smith, North Carolina (1993)
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DB Jeff Burris, Notre Dame (1994)
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OL Ruben Brown, Pittsburgh (1995)
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WR Eric Moulds, Mississippi St. (1996)
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RB Antowain Smith, Houston (1997)
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CB Antoine Winfield, Ohio State (1999)
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DE Erik Flowers, Arizona State (2000)
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CB Nate Clements, Ohio State (2001)
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T Mike Williams, Texas (2002)
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RB Willis McGahee, Miami (2003)
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WR Lee Evans, Wisconsin (2004)
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S Donte Whitner, Ohio State (2006)
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RB Marshawn Lynch, California (2007)
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CB Leodis McKelvin, Troy (2008)
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C Eric Wood, Louisville (2009)
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RB C.J. Spiller, Clemson (2010)
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DT Marcell Dareus, Alabama (2011)
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CB Stephon Gilmore, South Carolina (2012)
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QB EJ Manuel, Florida State (2013)
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WR Sammy Watkins, Clemson (2014)
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DE Shaq Lawson, Clemson (2016)
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