Cole Bishop

Buffalo Bills

Pos S

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

85.4 MODEL

2024

68.4

2025

87.2

2026

85.4

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Tier 8 (#92) rookie to tier 3 (#21) sophomore is a 71-spot one-year jump for a 60th overall 2nd-round pick puts Bishop in the rare outlier-positive S developmental class. The Utah Pac-12 2nd-round origin plus the structural Bills anchor role gives him real college foundation. The 2026 question is whether Bishop earns his first Pro Bowl plus holds tier 3 or better or whether the 2025 finish was a one-year context spike.

Bishop came out of Utah as the Buffalo Bills' 2nd-round pick (60th overall) in 2024 after earning 2023 First-Team All-Pac-12 honors. He spent his rookie year as developmental depth before emerging into a starter role in 2025. His STTM career runs tier 8 (#92) rookie to tier 3 (#21) breakout in 2025, a 71-spot one-year jump.

Strengths

71-spot year-over-year jump from tier 8 (#92) rookie to tier 3 (#21) sophomore puts him in the rare outlier-positive S developmental class.
Utah Pac-12 2023 First-Team All-Pac-12 honors plus the 60th overall draft slot establishes elite college foundation.

Concerns

Single tier 3 finish in an otherwise tier 8 rookie STTM history puts the 2025 production on a small sample with significant downside risk.
Buffalo's cap structure around Josh Allen's QB contract limits the extension runway if the structural ceiling caps below the expected outcome.

What to watch: Whether Bishop earns his first Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 3 or better, the threshold for confirming the 2025 breakout was structural.