In 2022, the Bills released rookie punter Matt Araiza after he was accused in a civil lawsuit of participating in a gang rape while at San Diego State. The NFL did not suspend Araiza. He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in February 2024 after he was dropped from the suit.

Buffalo Bills first-round draft pick Maxwell Hairston was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in 2021 at the University of Kentucky.

Buffalo Bills rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston is named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit after a woman says she was sexually assaulted by him.