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Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIA)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIA)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (MIA)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (MIA)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (MIA)
Joshua Gray
OT Oregon State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (MIA)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIA)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Conner Weigman Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (MIA)
Conner Weigman
QB Texas A&M
Bryce Foster Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (MIA)
Bryce Foster
C Kansas
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIA)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Garrett Dellinger Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIA)
Garrett Dellinger
OG LSU
Denver Harris Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (MIA)
Denver Harris
CB UTSA
Draft Picks Received
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CIN)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (CIN)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (CIN)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CIN)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 10 RND: 1 (CIN)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB+ FutureB-
Gordon II should have been long gone. The Dolphins pounced, and earned a B.

Call it larceny. Ollie Gordon II sat on the board until the 227th pick, and the Dolphins did not need to be asked twice. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The Weigman pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Nick Emmanwori
In the Round 1 slot they get a centerfielder for the defense. More want than need.
Pick42 Rnd2 T.J. Sanders
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 10 with a little surplus value in T.J. Sanders. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick75 Rnd3 Clay Webb
They did well to land Clay Webb in slot 75, just ahead of his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick98 Rnd3 Colston Loveland
They robbed the room for Colston Loveland here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick99 Rnd3 Smael Mondon Jr.
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to No. 99, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick111 Rnd4 Joshua Gray
This one needs a full-page explanation: Joshua Gray in the 111th pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick112 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
They went early on Jayden Higgins in the 112th overall pick, and the value did not follow. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick148 Rnd5 Davison Igbinosun
A real head-scratcher, Davison Igbinosun in pick 148 is miles ahead of his ranking. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick158 Rnd5 Conner Weigman
Conner Weigman at pick No. 158 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick226 Rnd7 Bryce Foster
Steal is underselling it; Bryce Foster at pick 226 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick227 Rnd7 Ollie Gordon II
They barely believed it either: Ollie Gordon II still on the board at the 227th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick234 Rnd7 Garrett Dellinger
A straight-up fair deal on Garrett Dellinger at slot 234, value and slot in agreement. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick251 Rnd7 Denver Harris
Denver Harris at the 251st pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.