MIAMI DOLPHINS

 
QUARTERBACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
14 QB Mike White 6-5 218 Western Kentucky
1 QB Tua Tagovailoa 6-1 217 Alabama
19 QB Skylar Thompson 6-2 219 Kansas State
 
RUNNING BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
33 RB Christopher Brooks 6-1 219 Brigham Young
28 RB Devon Achane 5-9 185 Texas A&M
30 FB Alec Ingold 6-1 235 Wisconsin
31 RB Raheem Mostert 5-10 205 Purdue
23 RB Jeff Wilson Jr. 6-0 213 North Texas
 
RECEIVERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
17 WR Jaylen Waddle 5-10 182 Alabama
11 RS Cedrick Wilson Jr. 6-2 197 Boise State
0 WR Braxton Berrios 5-9 190 Miami
3 WR Robbie Chosen 6-3 190 Temple
10 WR Tyreek Hill 5-10 191 West Alabama
48 TE Tyler Kroft 6-6 252 Rutgers
83 WR Chase Claypool 6-4 238 Notre Dame
85 WR River Cracraft 6-0 198 Washington State
89 TE Julian Hill 6-4 247 Campbell
81 TE Durham Smythe 6-6 246 Notre Dame
 
OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
66 OG Lester Cotton Sr. 6-4 335 Alabama
73 OT Austin Jackson 6-5 320 Southern Cal
60 C Jonotthan Harrison 6-4 308 Florida
70 OT Kendall Lamm 6-5 310 Appalachian State
65 OG Robert Jones 6-4 334 Middle Tennessee
77 OT Kion Smith 6-5 311 Fayetteville State
72 OT Terron Armstead 6-5 305 Arkansas-Pine Bluff
74 OT Liam Eichenberg 6-5 306 Notre Dame
68 OG Robert Hunt 6-6 335 Louisiana-Lafayette
 
LINEBACKERS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
52 OLB Justin Houston 6-3 270 Georgia
45 I Duke Riley 6-1 227 Louisiana State
9 OLB Melvin Ingram III 6-2 247 South Carolina
46 OLB Bruce Irvin 6-3 248 West Virginia
51 I David Long Jr. 5-11 227 West Virginia
50 OLB Calvin Munson 6-1 240 San Diego State
91 OLB Emmanuel Ogbah 6-4 278 Oklahoma State
41 I Channing Tindall 6-2 232 Georgia
 
DEFENSIVE BACKS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
33 CB Eli Apple 6-1 203 Ohio State
20 CB Justin Bethel 6-0 200 Prebyterian
21 S DeShon Elliott 6-1 210 Texas
5 CB Jalen Ramsey 6-1 208 Florida State
29 S Brandon Jones 6-1 191 Texas
40 CB Nik Needham 6-1 196 Texas-El Paso
24 CB Cam Smith 6-0 188 South Carolina
22 CB Elijah Campbell 5-11 195 Northern Iowa
4 CB Kader Kohou 5-10 195 Texas A&M-Commerce
8 S Jevon Holland 6-1 207 Oregon
25 CB Xavien Howard 6-1 203 Baylor
 
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
98 NT Raekwon Davis 6-7 335 Alabama
93 DT Da'Shawn Hand 6-3 297 Alabama
94 DT Christian Wilkins 6-4 310 Clemson
92 DT Zach Sieler 6-6 305 Ferris State
 
SPECIALISTS
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
44 LS Blake Ferguson 6-3 240 Louisiana State
7 K Jason Sanders 5-11 190 New Mexico
16 P Jake Bailey 6-2 205 Stanford
 
RESERVE/INJURED
No Pos. Name Ht. Wt. College
18 WR Erik Ezukanma 6-2 206 Texas Tech
15 OLB Jaelan Phillips 6-5 263 Miami
26 RB Salvon Ahmed 5-11 197 Washington
53 OLB Cameron Goode 6-3 238 California
58 C Connor Williams 6-5 317 Texas
71 T Isaiah Wynn 6-2 310 Georgia
2 OLB Bradley Chubb 6-4 275 North Carolina State
57 LB Zeke Vandenburgh 6-4 232 Illinois State
43 OLB Andrew Van Ginkel 6-4 242 Wisconsin
55 ILB Jerome Baker 6-2 225 Ohio State
27 CB Keion Crossen 5-10 195 Western Carolina
 

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