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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (MIA)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (MIA)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (MIA)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (MIA)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIA)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (MIA)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIA)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (MIA)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in Round 7, Pick 8: the Dolphins steal Smith and grade out a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Brashard Smith had no business being available in the 224th pick, and the Dolphins did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Spending an early pick on safety with quarterback and edge rusher open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They will need Kandra to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In slot 13 they get a wrecking ball inside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick48 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
The board fumbled Malaki Starks all the way to Round 2, Pick 16, and they scooped it up. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick98 Rnd3 Deontae Lawson
A quiet steal in No. 98: Deontae Lawson for less than the market said. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick99 Rnd3 Luke Kandra
The board had cheaper options than Luke Kandra at pick 99, and it noticed. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick115 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
A curious use of pick No. 115. Quarterback and edge rusher needed the pick; a safety in Andrew Mukuba did not.
Pick149 Rnd5 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson at the 149th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick156 Rnd5 Mason Taylor
Circle this one: Mason Taylor at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick224 Rnd7 Brashard Smith
A running back of that caliber at the 224th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jay Higgins
You do not let a linebacker like Jay Higgins reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick251 Rnd7 Garrett Dellinger
They paid sticker price for Garrett Dellinger in Round 7, Pick 35, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.