{"id":353187,"date":"2026-06-19T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=353187"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T04:25:31","slug":"bills-s-cole-bishop-expected-back-for-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/bills-s-cole-bishop-expected-back-for-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills S Cole Bishop Expected Back For Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Safety Cole Bishop<\/strong> began all 19 of the Bills\u2019 games in 2025, including two within the playoffs, but he didn’t get through the season unscathed. Bishop recently revealed he underwent a left knee scope within the offseason, Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN<\/a> relays.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Bills are installing a brand new defensive scheme under first-year coordinator Jim Leonhard<\/strong>, a former NFL safety, but Bishop\u2019s recovery has kept him from getting any practice reps. Nevertheless, the 23-year-old indicated he might be back for training camp in July, per Getzenberg.<\/p>\n

The Bills spent the sixtieth overall pick on Bishop in 2024, but the previous Utah standout handled a quadriceps injury during training camp. While that put Bishop behind the 8-ball in his first summer as a professional, he still played 16 games. With Damar Hamlin<\/strong> and Taylor Rapp<\/strong> getting the lion\u2019s share of labor at safety, Bishop played 32.43% of defensive snaps and logged 40 tackles and two passes defensed during an interception-less season. Pro Football Focus ranked Bishop\u2019s performance a lowly 92nd amongst 97 qualifiers at his position.<\/p>\n

Despite his struggles in his first 12 months, the Bills entrusted a starting job to Bishop in his second season. The choice paid off for Buffalo, which saw Bishop live as much as his second-round draft stock. While leading all Bills defenders in snap share (91.14%), the 6-foot-2, 207-pounder recorded 85 tackles, seven passes defensed and his first three picks (he also made a game-sealing INT in a 27-24 wild-card round win in Jacksonville). He gave up a meager 65.6 passer rating on 43 targets, down from 127.4 in 2024, and improved his missed tackle rate from 11.1% to six.6. Bishop made a big jump within the estimation of PFF, which placed him an above-average forty first amongst 91 safeties.<\/p>\n

Bishop offered stability behind the Bills\u2019 defense in 2025, but none of their other safeties even played 50% of snaps. Jordan Poyer<\/strong> (43.58%) unexpectedly led the best way after the previous All-Pro returned to the organization for a second stint late last summer. Poyer isn’t any longer on the roster, and as a 35-year-old free agent, he may not play again. Rapp, whom the Bills released in March, can also be still unsigned. Nevertheless, the Bills did re-up Hamlin and produce in three outsiders, first picking up C.J. Gardner-Johnson<\/strong> and Geno Stone<\/strong> in free agency after which drafting fifth-rounder Jalon Kilgore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Barring any unexpected developments, Gardner-Johnson will start alongside Bishop when the regular season kicks off in September. Kilgore and Sam Franklin<\/strong>, a reliable special teamer, are strong bets to earn roster spots behind them. If the Bills keep five safeties, signs are pointing to a roster battle between Hamlin and Stone. Regardless, so long as Bishop is healthy, the Bills will count on him to steer the group in his third season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Safety Cole Bishop began all 19 of the Bills\u2019 games in 2025, including two within the playoffs, but he didn’t get through the season unscathed. Bishop recently revealed he underwent a left knee scope within the offseason, Alaina Getzenberg of ESPN relays. The Bills are installing a brand new defensive scheme under first-year coordinator Jim […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":353188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[8459,1290,11152,7603,4136],"class_list":["post-353187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bills","tag-bishop","tag-camp","tag-cole","tag-expected"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353190,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353187\/revisions\/353190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}