‘Bills coach Wade Phillips needed another receiver because rookie free agent Corey Jones hasn’t shown up this minicamp and likely never will. Pingel is wearing No. 18, the jersey number assigned to Jones.
"When you look at that guy and you see the mechanics of catching the football, somebody taught him something somewhere," Phillips said. "Somebody did a good job with him."’
Archives for June 14, 2000
Bills draft picks appearing at hospital
"Eight first-year Buffalo Bills players will participate in a pizza party with patients and staff members at Buffalo Children’s Hospital tonight from 6-7."
Small-school receiver Pingel about to catch up to Rice
This is an older article written before last year’s college season about the Bills newest roster addition – WR Scott Pingel.
Bills sign wide receiver Scott Pingel
"Playing for Westminster College in Missouri, Pingel was a three-time All-America and was selected Division III player of the year in 1999. He holds seven Division III records, including 436 career receptions, eclipsing the mark of 301 set by Jerry Rice, now of the San Francisco 49ers."