The Buffalo Bills selected linebacker Kaleb Elarms-Orr out of TCU with pick 126 in the 2026 NFL Draft, using their second of two Round 4 choices to add depth at linebacker. The move gave Buffalo a defender who split his college career between California and TCU before entering the draft.
Elarms-Orr arrived in Buffalo after four collegiate campaigns that produced 276 tackles, including 135 solo stops, along with 19 tackles for loss, seven sacks, one interception, seven pass defenses, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries. He played 21 games with the Bears and 26 games for the Frogs, showing the kind of production that kept him on draft boards into Day 3.
His athletic testing helped underline that profile. At the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine, Elarms-Orr measured 6 feet 2 inches and 234 pounds, with 31 1/2-inch arms and 9-inch hands. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.47 seconds, posted a 1.59-second 10-yard split and a 4.41-second 20-yard shuttle, while also recording a 40-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot-4-inch broad jump.
That workout left him with an Athleticism Score of 86, third among linebackers at the combine. For Buffalo, the selection closed a clear need after the team spent one of its two Round 4 picks on a position that needed reinforcements.
The Bills did not wait until the later rounds to make the address, and Elarms-Orr’s combination of college production and combine numbers gives them a player with a defined résumé already in hand. What comes next is whether that résumé translates quickly enough to matter in a linebacker room that was still waiting for help.