A former FCS standout performed well in his jump to the FBS level
The Buffalo Bills have built an enviable stable of offensive line depth, adding plenty of versatile, athletic players who are in different stages of their ability to help the big club. While some teams struggle to scrape together a starting five, the Bills not only have a clear starting group, but they even have a group of four or five players who would make strong reserves at this point in their career.
Might general manager Brandon Beane look to flip a backup offensive lineman for draft capital? What if another team comes calling on a lineman and offers something of value at another position of need? Building depth on the offensive line helps the Bills to look at scenarios like those from a position of strength. It’s better to be the team who has the depth rather than the one searching for it.
In today’s edition of “90 players in 90 days,” we discuss the latest in a line of position-versatile offensive line prospects Buffalo has added.
Name: Rush Reimer
Number: 63
Position: G
Height/Weight: 6’5”, 305 pounds
Age: 23 (24 on 6/19/2026)
Experience/Draft: R; signed with Buffalo following the 2025 NFL Draft
College: Cal
Acquired: UDFA signing
Financial situation (per Spotrac): Reimer signed a three-year rookie contract worth a total of $2.98 million. For the 2025 season, he carries a cap hit of $845,000 if he makes the 53-man roster. The Bills will be responsible for a dead-cap charge of $15,000 if they release him.
2024 Recap: Reimer performed well in his lone year at Cal, playing in 12 games for the Bears. He started 10 games at left guard. He was on the Senior Bowl Watchlist for 2024, and he was also one of Phil Steele’s Top National NFL Draft-eligible tackles, which is slightly ironic given that he didn’t play that position at Cal.
At his Pro Day, Reimer benched 225 pounds a total of 16 times, leapt 27.5” in the vertical jump and 8’9” in the broad jump, ran the 40-yard dash in 5.36 seconds, completed the 20-yard shuttle in 4.96 seconds, and finished the three-cone drill in 7.91 seconds.
Positional outlook: Reimer is one of just a handful of true guards listed on the Buffalo roster. He did play tackle at Montana State before transferring to Cal, however, so he’ll be in direct competition with most of the team’s offensive linemen. The other guards on the roster are O’Cyrus Torrence, David Edwards, and Connor McGovern—who actually plays center.
Sedrick Van Pran-Granger is listed as a center-slash-guard, while Mike Edwards is listed as an offensive lineman. Travis Clayton, Richard Gouraige, Chase Lundt, Dion Dawkins, Spencer Brown, Ryan Van Demark, Alec Anderson, and Tylan Grable are all listed at tackle.
2025 Offseason: Reimer is healthy and participating in offseason work to date.
2025 Season outlook: Reimer’s ability to play both guard and tackle certainly helps his chances in sticking around with the club, as the Bills love their linemen to be versatile. In fact, Reimer was quite good at Montana State, earning First-Team All-Big Sky honors as a senior in 2023. He also earned Second Team All-America honors from FCS Football Central and the Associated Press, as well as Third-Team All-America honors from Phil Steele. All that versatility should serve him well in his first NFL training camp.
The problem, though, is that Buffalo already has what appears to be a very deep, settled group along the offensive line. That includes returning all of the team’s starters from last season, as well as a majority of the reserves, and even most of the practice squad players. Dawkins, Edwards, McGovern, Torrence, and Brown are all varying stages of “locked in,” and Anderson, Grable, Van Demark, Lundt, and Van Pran-Granger likely have the upper-hand as the first five to fill the reserve ranks. That’s not even taking players like Gouraige, Edwards, and Clayton into consideration as guys who were with the Bills in some capacity last season.
I expect to see Reimer at left guard and right tackle throughout the summer, and if he can show enough promise, the Bills will likely look to retain him on the practice squad. However, he needs to add strength if he wants to make it as a 53-man roster type in the future.