Report: Jahmile Addae finalizes deal to become Buffalo Bills’ CBs coach

The Buffalo Bills have finalized a deal to make Jahmile Addae their next cornerbacks coach, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Addae has spent the past two seasons working as the secondary coach for the Miami Hurricanes.

Miami ranked ninth in the ACC in passing defense this past season while averaging 0.9 interceptions per game. The Hurricanes finished the year 7-6 and lost in the Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers.

Prior to joining Miami, Addae was the defensive backs coach at Georgia in 2021 for their national championship team. This will mark his first NFL job after 17 years of experience as an assistant at the college level.

Addae played college football at West Virginia, where he was a two-time All-Big East defensive back. He got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant for the Mountaineers in 2007 before moving on to become a graduate assistant at Michigan (2008-09).

From there, Addae was able to landed a job as director of player development at Cincinnati in 2010. He later became the running backs coach for the Bearcats for two seasons. Addae went on to enjoy stints at Arizona (2013-17) and Minnesota (2018) before returning to WVU in 2019 as the secondary coach. He added the title of co-defensive coordinator for the 2020 season.