The Bills are reuniting with veteran cornerback Tre’Davious White on a one-year deal with a maximum value of $6.8MM, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
White, a 2017 first-round pick, spent the first seven years of his career in Buffalo, though he was significantly limited by injuries in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He was released by the Bills during the 2024 offseason and signed with the Rams, but only started four games in Los Angeles before landing on the trade block. White was then traded to the Ravens for a 2026 sixth-round pick, with the Rams sending a 2027 seventh-round pick to Baltimore to facilitate the deal.
Now, White is back with the team that drafted him, an outcome that Bills general manager Brandon Beane acknowledged as a possibility when he parted ways with White last year.
“I told him…’Just because this move is now, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work out for us to get you back in Buffalo,’” said Beane, via ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg.
White will likely compete for a starting job as an outside cornerback in Buffalo with Kaiir Elam and Rasul Douglas no longer on the roster. The Bills recently signed Christian Benford to a four-year extension, but the team’s other long-term corner, Taron Johnson, has played almost exclusively in the slot throughout his career. While the Bills could still add another cornerback in the draft, signing White gives them a veteran presence who is very familiar with Sean McDermott‘s defense.
During his first stint in Buffalo, White was widely considered one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL when healthy. He started all 32 regular-season games across his first two years, which included a second-place finish in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting in 2017. White then led the NFL with six interceptions in 2019, leading to recognition as a Pro Bowler and a first-team All-Pro. That earned him a four-year, $69MM extension before the 2020 season, which featured another Pro Bowl nod. Injuries then limited White to just 21 starts over the next three years, leading to his release by the Bills after the 2023 season.
The base value of White’s deal remains unknown, but if it eclipses $3MM, the Ravens could receive an additional 2026 compensatory pick.