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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – The Buffalo Bills shored up their interior offensive line depth by signing free agent Will Clapp to a one-year contract on Friday.
Clapp has six seasons of NFL experience, including the past two with the Los Angeles Chargers, where he started a career-best 11 games at center last year. Clapp finished the season on injured reserve after hurting his knee in mid-December.
The 28-year-old spent his first four seasons with New Orleans after being selected by the Saints in the seventh round of the 2018 draft out of LSU. Overall, he has 21 starts in 65 career NFL games.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and 311 pounds, Clapp´s addition provides experienced depth to a line that´s in transition after the Bills released starting center Mitch Morse in a salary cap-saving move in early March. Buffalo also lost backup center Ryan Bates by trading him to Chicago this offseason.
Connor McGovern is expected to make the switch to center, with David Edwards projected to take over McGovern´s spot at left guard.
FILE – Los Angeles Chargers center Will Clapp (76) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Glendale, Ariz. The Buffalo Bills shored up their interior offensive line depth by signing free agent Will Clapp to a one-year contract on Friday., March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
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The Bills signed offensive lineman Will Clapp to a one-year deal, the team announced Friday.
Clapp, 28, spent the past two seasons with the Chargers, playing 31 games with 14 starts in his time in Los Angeles. He saw action on a career-high 706 offensive snaps in a career-best 11 starts.
Clapp entered the NFL as a seventh-round selection of the Saints in the 2018 draft.
He spent four seasons in New Orleans.
In his career, Clapp has played 65 games with 21 starts. He has experience at both guard and center.
Clapp was originally drafted in the seventh round by the New Orleans Saints, spending the 2018 to 2021 seasons with the team.
During his time with the Saints, Clapp was juggled around from appearing in games as a starter, being waived, and being added to the practice squad. During the 2020 season, Clapp was signed to the practice squad on September 26 and 29, before being added to the active roster on October 3.
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 14: Will Clapp #76 of the Los Angeles Chargers lines up during an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on December 14, 2023 in Las…
His 2021 season with the Saints was much of the same, as he landed on injured reserve in early September, was waived in October, promoted to the active roster in November, and waived and added to the practice squad in December.
In April of 2022, the Los Angeles Charger signed Clapp. After a year with the team, he resigned in April 2023. Clapp became the starting center for the Chargers in Week 4 of the 2023 season when starter Corey Linsley was pulled from playing due to a season-ending health issue.