Bills Trade 2027 Second-Round Pick to Titans for S Amani Hooker and a 2027 Fifth
Buffalo sends a 2027 second to Tennessee for the interceptions leader and a 2027 fifth, adding a playmaking safety after Monday night's 23-6 win over the Vikings
The Bills are adding a playmaking safety Tuesday, acquiring Amani Hooker from the Titans for a 2027 second-round pick while getting a 2027 fifth-round pick back, Tom Pelissero first reported the trade, and ESPN's Adam Schefter later confirmed the package.
Trading: Titans are sending safety Amani Hooker to the Bills, as @TomPelissero reported. Term update: bills trading a 2nd-round pick for Hooker and a 5th, per sources.View on X →
Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter): Trading: Titans are sending safety Amani Hooker to the Bills, as @TomPelissero reported. Term update: bills trading a 2nd-round pick for Hooker and a 5th, per sources.
The deal addresses a clear need in Buffalo. The Bills are 7-1 and first in the AFC East after Monday night's 23-6 win over the Vikings, and they released safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson last week following a one-game suspension. That left Damar Hamlin and Cole Bishop as the primary safeties heading into the deadline. Hooker, who has a league-high five interceptions, gives Buffalo an established ballhawk as a 7-1 contender looks to tighten its secondary. The Bills visit the Jets on Sunday.
Hooker, 28, is in his eighth NFL season and has spent his entire career in Tennessee. Three of his five interceptions this year came in his most recent game, a Nov. 1 overtime loss at Cincinnati, off Joe Burrow. He has 52 tackles in 2026. The Titans drafted him in the fourth round in 2019 out of Iowa, and he has appeared in 103 games with 74 starts, recording 17 career interceptions, 45 passes defensed and five forced fumbles.
Tennessee is 1-7 and already sent All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons to the Bears on Oct. 29 for two first-round picks and a 2027 fourth. Hooker and Simmons were both 2019 Titans draftees who had never played anywhere else. Moving Hooker for a 2027 second, with a 2027 fifth going back to Buffalo, continues Tennessee's effort to turn veterans into draft capital. The Titans host the Jaguars on Sunday.