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01/24/25

  • pjs DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (MIA)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (MIA)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 133 RND: 4 (MIA)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (MIA)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (MIA)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (MIA)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIA)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
KJ Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 252 RND: 7 (MIA)
KJ Jefferson
QB UCF
Draft Picks Received
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (ATL)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (ATL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall C+
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesF FutureA+
The Dolphins robbed the room for Judkins. Final grade: C+.

The Dolphins did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Quinshon Judkins fell into the Round 5 slot.

The cost of the Jefferson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

So much rides on Nick Emmanwori that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick48 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Nick Emmanwori in No. 48, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick98 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Somehow Demetrius Knight Jr. was still sitting there in pick 98, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick114 Rnd4 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner at the Round 4 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick116 Rnd4 Kyren Lacy
They took Kyren Lacy at par in slot 116, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick133 Rnd4 Jaeden Roberts
A real head-scratcher, Jaeden Roberts in Round 4, Pick 32 is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick149 Rnd5 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins in pick No. 149 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick154 Rnd5 Danny Stutsman
A linebacker of that caliber at the 154th pick is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick224 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
A reach on Kaden Prather in the 224th overall pick; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jared Wilson
They robbed the room for Jared Wilson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick252 Rnd7 KJ Jefferson
KJ Jefferson at Round 7, Pick 36 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.