The Buffalo Bills have re-signed Alabama alumni wide receiver Robert Foster and cornerback Levi Wallace for the 2020 NFL season.

Foster and Wallace were exclusive-rights free agents. Exclusive-rights free agents are those with fewer than three seasons as an active NFL player and an expiring contract. Teams can retain exclusive-rights free agents by offering a one-year contract for at least the league minimum. Exclusive-rights free agents offered contracts cannot negotiate with other teams.

If the Bills hadn’t tendered the pair, the players would have become unrestricted free agents on March 18, able to sign with any team.

Foster and Wallace earned their spots with the Bills as undrafted players.

Wallace made the Buffalo practice squad as a rookie in 2018 before joining the Bills’ active roster for the final seven games of the season. He started every game and played 415 of Buffalo’s 428 defensive snaps during those contests.

In 2019, Wallace started every regular-season game for the Bills and played 76 percent of Buffalo’s defensive snaps. He made 76 tackles, intercepted two passes and broke up nine passes.

On Monday, the Bills signed cornerback Josh Norman, who had been released by the Washington Redskins, to a one-year, $6 million contract. Norman earned first-team All-Pro honors for the Carolina Panthers in 2015, when current Bills coach Sean McDermott was the defensive coordinator.

Tre’Davious White paired with Wallace as Buffalo’s starting cornerbacks in 2019 and received first-team All-Pro recognition in his third NFL season.

Foster made the Bills' regular-season roster coming out of the preseason as an undrafted rookie in 2018. But six games into the season, he had two catches for 30 yards, and he went to the practice squad.

Buffalo brought back Foster for the 10th game, and he broke the Bills' 19-game drought without a 100-yard receiver with 105 yards on three receptions in a 41-10 victory over the New York Jets. Foster had two more 100-yard games in 2018. He averaged 20.04 yards on his 27 receptions, good for 541 yards and three touchdowns.

Foster played less than half the offensive snaps in 2019 than he did in 2018, but he became a bigger factor on special teams in his second season. Foster had three receptions on 18 targets for 64 yards and gained 29 yards on his first two NFL rushing attempts in 2019. Foster was on the field for 214 offensive snaps and 157 special-teams plays.

Buffalo Bills cornerback Levi Wallace breaks up a pass to Tennessee Titans wide receiver Corey Davis during an NFL game on Oct. 6, 2019, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.AP Photo/James Kenney

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.

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