The Bills made their first signing of a 2012 draft pick Wednesday.
Buffalo agreed to a four-year deal with inside linebacker Tank Carder, who was taken at No. 147 overall, according to Kelli Masters Management.
Carder's deal is reportedly worth $2.293 million. Rotoworld reports the contract includes a $193,000 signing bonus.
"I’m excited," Carder told reporters after being drafted by the Bills. "When I went up there I had a good feeling. I loved everything (they) had, the facilities and everything were real low-key, it wasn’t anything too fancy and that was the best part I liked about it. Not a lot of flash and I love that.
"I’m ready to come there and do my part and help out the team the best I can."
The 6-foot-3, 237-pound Carder is expected to make an immediate impact on special teams. Carder started three seasons at TCU and was named Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year twice in that span.
He amassed 228 tackles, including 25 tackles for a loss, in his college career.
"I would say my strengths are probably my agility and my lateral movement side to side," Carder said. "I feel like I’ve got pretty good instincts, I take good angles to the ball. I’m tough, I’ve had three surgeries and I haven’t missed any games.
"Those are probably my strengths, as far as weaknesses I definitely need to work on taking on blockers and shedding blockers. At TCU we never really worked on that. With a little bit of coaching I feel like I could be pretty good at it. We were always taught to dip our shoulder and get in the gap, we were all just single-gap control."
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