Inside The Bills

Hairston an even-keeled player

Bills rookie Chris Hairston is almost certainly going to be feeling the nerves heading into his first NFL start Sunday in place of the injured Demetrius Bell, but on the whole the fourth-round pick is not a high-strung player.

“I am not a real nervous type of guy,” Hairston said. “I just try not to let anything overwhelm me. I try to stay at a real even keel. All I can do is play football and play as hard as I can.”

Hairston is very familiar with the left tackle position having played there his last three years of college at Clemson as a starter.

“I’ve been playing left tackle for a long time,” he said.