2026 NFL Draft: Toriano Pride Jr says Bills gave him 'best day of life'
Buffalo CB Toriano Pride Jr. says joining Bills "best day of my life"
The Bills selected CB Toriano Pride Jr. out of Missouri in the 7th round of the NFL Draft at No. 220th overall.
The tape and timed athleticism of Toriano suggest he should have maybe been off the board by the seventh round, and he'll now join a position pool competing for rotation time in the Buffalo secondary. And he'll do so as one of the fastest defensive rookies in the league. The corner clocked a 4.
32 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, good for the second-fastest of any defensive player in this year's draft class. "My whole position is just off instinct, so running with deep balls and reacting to receivers that are just as fast as me or faster," Pride said to the media. "(I) just try to translate (the speed) to the football field.
It's all cuts and angles … that's how the game is played now. " He was also a track standout at East St. Louis (Ill.