Miami Dolphins make roster moves
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October 17, 2018
Miami Dolphins make roster moves
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins today announced they have signed safety Maurice Smith and placed linebacker Chase Allen on injured reserve.
Smith has played in 10 career games, all with the Dolphins, since entering the NFL as an undrafted college free agent on May 5, 2017. In 2018, Smith played in four games with three solo tackles and one pass defensed after he was promoted from the practice squad on Sept. 18. He was subsequently waived on Oct. 15. During his career, Smith has totaled four solo stops and two passes defensed.
Allen played in five games with one start for the Dolphins this season and recorded three assisted tackles. He’s played in 21 career games with five starts and totaled 36 tackles (24 solo) since entering the league as an undrafted free agent with Miami on May 5, 2017. Allen was a four-year letterman (2013-16) and three-year starter at Southern Illinois, where he finished his career 12th in school history with 324 career tackles.
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Georgia ’17 |
Missouri City, Texas |
FA, ‘17 |
Total Raised by Dolphins Cancer Challenge Hits $27.5M+ for Cancer Research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center DCC VIII raised over $5.0M
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Total Raised by Dolphins Cancer Challenge Hits $27.5M+ for Cancer Research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
DCC VIII raised over $5.0M
Miami, FL – The Miami Dolphins announced the Dolphins Cancer Challenge VIII (DCC VIII) raised $5,079,000 for innovative cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, bringing the event’s eight-year total to more than $27.5M.
“We are so proud of the accomplishments and progress we have made towards the battle against cancer,” DCC Executive Director Jennifer Jehn said. “Ultimately, our goal is to tackle cancer, and the money we raise goes directly to funding those doctors dedicated to the innovative cancer research at Sylvester. This donation demonstrates that we are all in this together, that you don’t have to have cancer to fight cancer and after bringing the DCC’s total to 27.5 million, we are getting ready for DCC IX which we hope will be our best year yet.”
Started in 2010 by the Miami Dolphins as the signature initiative of the Miami Dolphins Foundation’s health impact area, the DCC is dedicated to improving people’s lives through the financial support of innovative cancer research at Sylvester. The DCC IX is scheduled to take place April 6, 2019 and includes five bike routes throughout South Florida, a run/walk 5K and a finish line concert celebration all with the goal of tackling cancer.
“I am extremely grateful for the strong relationship forged between the Dolphins and Sylvester, now entering its ninth year,” Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., said. “The fact that the DCC has become the largest event fundraiser in the NFL speaks volumes about the amount of work and commitment the Dolphins have dedicated to supporting cancer research at Sylvester. To date more than $27 million have been raised and are being used to fund pediatric sarcoma and leukemia research, our Precision Medicine Initiative, start-up packages for emerging researchers, community outreach in underserved areas and more.”
The Miami Dolphins and Dolphins Cancer Challenge supported the NFL’s Crucial Catch campaign designed to raise awareness of early detection and risk reduction of cancers at their home game vs. the Chicago Bears. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center served as the presenting sponsor of the Crucial Catch game and all fans who attended the game received Cancer Awareness arm sleeves upon entry to Hard Rock Stadium.
To celebrate the $5.0M gift from DCC VIII, the Miami Dolphins held a halftime presentation to honor the journey of eight cancer survivors treated at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, each adorned with a color to represent the diversity of all cancer treatments offered at Sylvester. In addition, all 300 cancer survivors who participated in the DCC were invited to the game and were celebrated on field as well as the doctors who receive critical funding from the money raised.
DCC funds are used to support truly innovative research, helping recruit and retain some of the world’s best minds in cancer research and care and investing in cutting-edge technologies to bring the latest in discoveries for detection, diagnosis and treatment to cancer patients in South Florida and beyond. In just eight years, more than $27.5 million dollars has gone to fund research that leads to more effective targeted therapies for each patient’s cancer, including:
- Precision medicine – discovering, developing and delivering the next generation of precision cancer medicine.
- Immunotherapies – investing in the fast-growing field of cancer immunotherapies that boost the patient’s own immune system to attack and eradicate cancer cells.
- Clinical trials – offering the latest clinical cancer trials to patients, allowing them to receive some of the most promising new therapies targeting the drivers of their particular cancers.
- Radiation oncology research – developing new ways to more precisely deliver radiation therapy in a variety of cancers, concentrating the dosage on cancer cells and leaving healthy tissue unaffected.
- Cancer diagnostics – investing in the newest technologies and best talent to better understand each individual’s cancer and its genetic drivers.
About Dolphins Cancer Challenge
The Dolphins Cancer Challenge (DCC) was founded in 2010 by the Miami Dolphins organization as the signature initiative of the Foundation’s health pillar. The DCC’s mission is to improve people’s lives through financial support for innovative cancer research at South Florida’s only academic-based cancer center – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami. Since its inception, the DCC has raised more than $27.5 million, donating 100 percent of participant-raised funds to Sylvester. For additional information, call (305) 943-6799 or visit www. DolphinsCancerChallenge.com. DCC can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/RideDCC and on Twitter at @TackleCancer.
Miami Dolphins Announce Week 6 PlayFootball Award Winners
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Miami Dolphins Announce Week 6 PlayFootball Award Winners
Miami, FL – The Miami Dolphins announced their PlayFootball Week 6 award winners in a program designed to celebrate youth football in South Florida. For each home game, the Dolphins will identify a high school coach of the week, high school player of the week, youth player of the week and team mom of the week. Award recipients will receive tickets to a Dolphins home game, be presented with a plaque on the field at Hard Rock Stadium and receive acknowledgement of their accomplishment in the game program and through the Dolphins’ social media platforms. The Dolphins also will recognize a team of the week who will be on field during the national anthem.
The program concludes at the Dolphins-Jaguars game where the Dolphins will honor yearly award winners in all categories with the exception of the team of the year.
Week 6 Winners:
- High School Coach of the Week: Brian Coe from Santaluces Community High School. The Chiefs have won four straight games after dropping the first two games of the year. The team went 5-25 in the three years before Coe’s arrival to the school and they have already surpassed last year’s win total of three games.
- High School Player of the Week: Jaylan Knighton Jr. from Deerfield Beach High School. The University of Oklahoma commit rushed for a school-record 26 times for 348 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Bucks to a 44-8 victory over Taravella.
- Youth Player of the Week: Termain Sherman from the Fort Lauderdale Hurricanes Super Peewees of the Florida Youth Football League. Sherman averages six solo tackles and four forced fumbles per game. He is a very passionate football player for his age (6) and loves the game of football just as much as he love schools.
- Team Mom of the Week: Consuelo Lewis from the Pompano Chiefs from the Florida Youth Football League. Lewis has been a dedicated parent and volunteer for the Pompano Chiefs for many years. She is always at practices and games and makes sure the boys have everything they need. Lewis’ presence in the park has been evident since she became a team mom and even overcame her bout with cancer.
- Team of the Week: Suncoast Community High School.
The Junior Dolphins program encourages youth players and coaches to learn, teach and play football in a fun and safe environment. The Junior Dolphins program is designed to give kids access to learn the fundamentals of football using the NFL’s top resources. To grow the game, the Junior Dolphins program will work to educate coaches, parents and youth on the health and safety of football with a strong emphasis on character development. Junior Dolphins is building the next generation of Dolphins Fans.
Miami Dolphins make roster moves
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October 15, 2018
Miami Dolphins make roster moves
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins today announced they have signed tackle Sam Young and waived safety Maurice Smith.
Young has played in 23 games with seven starts for the Dolphins since 2016. He originally joined the Dolphins as an unrestricted free agent from Jacksonville on March 11, 2016 and was released on Oct. 13, 2018. In his career, Young has appeared in 81 games with 20 starts. He was originally a sixth-round pick (179th overall) by Dallas in the 2010 NFL draft after being a four-year starter (2006-09) at Notre Dame. Young is from Coral Springs, Florida and played high school football at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale.
Smith has played in 10 career games, all with the Dolphins, since entering the NFL as an undrafted college free agent on May 5, 2017. In 2018, Smith played in four games with three solo tackles and one pass defensed after he was promoted from the practice squad on Sept. 18. During his career, Smith has totaled four solo stops and two passes defensed.
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Miami Dolphins promote Pittman
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Miami Dolphins promote Pittman
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins today announced they have promoted defensive tackle Jamiyus Pittman to the active roster and released tackle Sam Young.
Pittman originally joined the Dolphins as an undrafted college free agent on May 10, 2018. He was a four-year letterman (2014-17) and three-year starter at Central Florida, where he appeared in 49 games with 33 starts. He earned first-team All-AAC (American Athletic Conference) honors after he started 12 games and totaled 47 tackles (24 solo) and 4.5 sacks as a senior in 2017. He also earned second-team All-AAC honors as a junior in 2016.
Young has played in 23 games with seven starts for the Dolphins since 2016. He originally joined the Dolphins as an unrestricted free agent from Jacksonville on March 11, 2016. In his career, Young has appeared in 81 games with 20 starts. He was originally a sixth-round pick (179th overall) by Dallas in the 2010 NFL draft after being a four-year starter (2006-09) at Notre Dame. Young is from Coral Springs, Florida and played high school football at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale.
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| Jamiyus Pittman |
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Central Florida ’18 |
Moultrie, Ga. |
FA, ‘18 |
Miami Dolphins promote O’Leary
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Miami Dolphins promote O’Leary
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins today announced they have promoted tight end Nick O’Leary to the active roster and placed quarterback Luke Falk on injured reserve.
O’Leary joined the Dolphins practice squad on Sept. 19, 2018. He played three seasons with Buffalo (2015-17) and appeared in 35 games with 12 starts. O’Leary has 32 career receptions for 473 yards (14.8 avg.) and two touchdowns. He also caught two passes in Buffalo’s AFC Wild Card game on Jan. 7, 2018 at Jacksonville. O’Leary originally entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick (194th overall) by Buffalo in the 2015 NFL draft. A native of Palm Beach, Florida, he was a four-year letterman (2011-14) and three-year starter at Florida State.
Falk was awarded to the Dolphins off waivers from Tennessee on Sept. 2, 2018. He originally entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick (199th overall) by Tennessee in the 2018 NFL draft. Falk was a four-year letterman (2014-17) and three-year starter for Washington State, where he played in 43 career games with 40 starts. He finished his career as Washington State and the Pac-12 Conference’s all-time leading passer (14,481 yards). He also set career school and conference records for total offense (14,086), passing touchdowns (119), completions (1,403), pass attempts (2,055) and total plays (2,306).
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Palm Beach, Fla. |
FA, ‘18 |
Miami Dolphins Visit Alex’s Place at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Miami Dolphins Visit Alex’s Place at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami – Miami Dolphins’ players, cheerleaders and T.D. visited Alex’s Place at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center to distribute gifts and brighten the spirits of young cancer fighters and their families.
“They’re amazing and awesome because they are taking time out of their day to bring a little joy to people like me,” a patient at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Sandra Shinego said. They came in, gave us some goodies and cheered us up. It’s an amazing outreach program for the Dolphins to do that and it’s something that is really appreciative because there is not a lot to do so it’s great that they come in and they brighten your day. I’m a Dolphins fan; I was born here, from here and am always supporting the Dolphins.”
The children and their families had a chance to interact with the team, get autographs and take photos.
“It was so crazy there were so many Dolphins fans in there and the patients were Dolphins fans too,” Miami Dolphins Cornerback Xavien Howard said. “My favorite moment was playing with the kids, taking pictures, and just laughing and giggling with the kids. You never know what people go through these days, It’s s a lot of stuff that goes on that we can’t control so using my platform and putting myself in that position to put a smile on people’s faces, then seeing that smile and helping them to keep fighting, that’s what it’s all about. It’s not really a feeling I can explain of how much it means to me. With the DCC, it’s an event that goes on with the Dolphins, we got the bike ride at the stadium and stuff like that so it’s a lot of things that we do and it’s the Dolphins using their platform to be in people’s lives, putting a smile on their face, and them just helping out in the community.”
This visit is in advance to the Dolphins’ Crucial Catch game on Oct. 14 against the Chicago Bears. At this game, the team will celebrate and honor on-field cancer fighters and survivors from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and researchers who have received funds from the annual Dolphins Cancer Challenge (DCC).
Registration is open for the DCC IX, scheduled for April 6, 2019. This marks the ninth edition of the popular community event that raises funds for innovative cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth — the University of Miami Health System. The DCC donates 100 percent of participant-raised funds to innovative cancer research at Sylvester. The event is the NFL’s single largest fundraiser.
Miami Dolphins make roster moves
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October 2, 2018
Miami Dolphins make roster moves
MIAMI – The Miami Dolphins today announced they have signed center Wesley Johnson and promoted defensive end Cameron Malveaux to the active roster. The team placed center Daniel Kilgore on injured reserve and waived defensive tackle Jordan Phillips.
Johnson played in 41 games with 24 starts for the N.Y. Jets from 2015-17, with all 24 starts coming at center. He spent the 2018 offseason and training camp with Detroit before he was released on Sept. 1, 2018. Johnson originally entered the NFL as a fifth-round pick (173rd overall) by Pittsburgh in the 2014 NFL draft before the Jets claimed him off waivers midway through the 2014 season.
Malveaux played in four games with the Dolphins in 2017 after joining the team as an undrafted college free agent on May 5, 2017. He totaled five tackles (four solo) and one sack. Malveaux spent the rest of 2017 and part of the 2018 season on the Dolphins practice squad. He was a four-year letterman (2013-16) and two-year starter at Houston, where he played in 52 collegiate games with 27 starts.
Kilgore started four games for the Dolphins this season, all at center. He was acquired via trade from San Francisco on March 15, 2018. Kilgore has played in 78 career games with 43 starts after spending the first seven seasons of his career (2011-17) with the 49ers. He originally entered the NFL as a fifth-round pick (163rd overall) by San Francisco in the 2011 NFL draft.
Phillips originally joined the Dolphins as a second-round pick (52nd overall) in the 2015 NFL draft. He played in 48 games with 26 starts, totaling 63 tackles (40 solo), 5.5 sacks, one interception and 11 passes defensed. Phillips played in four games this season with five tackles (three solo), one sack and one pass defensed.
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DE |
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265 |
8/22/94 |
1 |
Houston ’17 |
Beaumont, Texas |
FA, ‘17 |
