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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (MIA)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (MIA)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (MIA)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (MIA)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Keon Sabb Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIA)
Keon Sabb
S Alabama
Deion Burks Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (MIA)
Deion Burks
WR Oklahoma
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIA)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
R.J. Oben Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (MIA)
R.J. Oben
DL-EDGE Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Dolphins. For now, C+.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Dolphins reached some 100 spots for R.J. Oben, and value like that does not grow back.

On value alone, Sabb makes the weekend a net positive. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

So much rides on Malaki Starks that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
In the 13th overall pick they get a two-high chess piece at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick48 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
They reached into another round for Donovan Jackson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick98 Rnd3 Kyren Lacy
Value said wait; Kyren Lacy in slot 98 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick99 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
A straight-up fair deal on Mason Taylor at Round 3, Pick 35, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick115 Rnd4 Jake Majors
Circle this one: Jake Majors at pick No. 115 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick149 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. in No. 149 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
Pick156 Rnd5 Keon Sabb
They barely believed it either: Keon Sabb still on the board at No. 156. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Deion Burks
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Deion Burks well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
They will replay Jamon Dumas-Johnson at slot 231 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick251 Rnd7 R.J. Oben
R.J. Oben in pick No. 251 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.