Notes

2020 NFL Draft Notes – Day 1
DOLPHINS SELECT A FRANCHISE-RECORD THREE PLAYERS IN FIRST ROUND
  • This is the first time the Dolphins have ever selected three players in the first round of the same draft.
  • All three draft positions (5, 18 and 30) marked the first time Miami has ever picked a player in the first round at those spots. The only positions remaining in the first round the Dolphins have never selected are No. 6, 10, 31 and 32 overall.
  • This marks the sixth time the Dolphins have used multiple first-round picks in the same draft:

YEARS THE DOLPHINS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FIRST-ROUND PICKS

YEAR PICK PLAYER POS COLLEGE
1966 1 Jim Grabowski RB Illinois
1966 2 Rick Norton QB Kentucky
YEAR PICK PLAYER POS COLLEGE
1968 8 Larry Csonka RB Syracuse
1968 27 Doug Crusan T Indiana
YEAR PICK PLAYER POS COLLEGE
1976 17 Larry Gordon LB Arizona St.
1976 19 Kim Bokamper DE San Jose St.
YEAR PICK PLAYER POS COLLEGE
1989 9 Sammie Smith RB Florida St.
1989 25 Louis Oliver DB Florida
YEAR PICK PLAYER POS COLLEGE
1992 7 Troy Vincent DB Wisconsin
1992 12 Marco Coleman LB Georgia Tech
YEAR PICK PLAYER POS COLLEGE
2020 5 Tua Tagovailoa QB Alabama
2020 18 Austin Jackson T USC
2020 30 Noah Igbinoghene CB Auburn
DOLPHINS TAKE TAGOVAILOA AT NO. 5
  • Miami used the first of its three first-round picks to select QB Tua Tagovailoa. He becomes the fifth quarterback selected in the first round by the Dolphins in franchise history:

DOLPHINS FIRST-ROUND QUARTERBACKS

YEAR PICK PLAYER COLLEGE
1966 2 Rick Norton Kentucky
1967 4 Bob Griese Purdue
2020 5 Tua Tagovailoa Alabama
2012 8 Ryan Tannehill Texas A&M
1983 27 Dan Marino Pittsburgh
  • Tagovailoa is the 30th quarterback ever drafted in team history.
  • Tagovailoa helped Alabama come from behind for a thrilling win in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. It marks the fifth consecutive season the Dolphins have drafted a player who won a national championship in his collegiate career.
  • Tagovailoa is the 11th player from the University of Alabama to be drafted by the Dolphins. There are 21 players from the school who have appeared in at least one regular-season game for the Dolphins.
JACKSON IS MIAMI’s PICK AT No. 18
  • With the 18th overall pick, the Dolphins too T Austin Jackson from USC.
  • If he plays in a regular-season game, Jackson will become the 14th player in USC history to appear in a game for the Dolphins.
  • Jackson is the 116th offensive lineman to be drafted in Dolphins history. That’s the most of any position.
  • He is just the second USC player to be selected in the first round by Miami and only the second offensive lineman from USC to be drafted by the Dolphins. G Roy Foster was the 24th overall pick in the 1982 draft.
  • Jackson is the eighth Trojans player to be selected by Miami (not including DT Manuel Wright, who was a Supplemental Draft pick in 2005):

ALL-TIME USC PLAYERS DRAFTED BY MIAMI

YEAR RD PICK PLAYER POS
1973 9 234 Karl Lorch DT
1982 1 24 Roy Foster G
1990 5 137 Leroy Holt RB
1992 10 267 Raoul Spears RB
1995 6 194 Jeff Kopp LB
2004 4 102 Will Poole DB
2009 3 87 Patrick Turner WR
2020 1 18 Austin Jackson T
DOLPHINS CLOSE FIRST ROUND WITH IGBINOGHENE AT No. 30
  • Miami used its final of three first-round picks on Auburn CB Noah Igbinoghene at 30th overall.
  • Igbinoghene is the 99th defensive back selected by the Dolphins in team history.
  • He is just the second Auburn player to be selected in the first round by the Dolphins. RB Ronnie Brown was the second overall pick by Miami in the 2005 NFL draft.
  • Igbinoghene is the eighth player in Auburn history to be drafted by the Dolphins, and the second in as many years as FB Chandler Cox was a seventh-round pick (233rd overall) by Miami in 2019:

ALL-TIME AUBURN PLAYERS DRAFTED BY MIAMI

YEAR RD PICK PLAYER POS
1970 12 289 Mike Kolen LB
1970 6 133 Dave Campbell DE
1992 2 43 Eddie Blake DT
1993 5 132 Chris Gray G
2005 1 2 Ronnie Brown RB
2006 7 233 Devin Aromashodu WR
2019 7 233 Chandler Cox FB
2020 1 30 Noah Igbinoghene CB

QUICK HITS

  • Miami traded a 2020 first-round pick (26th overall) to Green Bay, who used the pick to select QB Jordan Love, for a 2020 first-round pick (30th overall) the Dolphins used to select CB Noah Igbinoghene and 2020 fourth-round pick (136th overall).
  • With today’s trade, the Dolphins now are scheduled to make 15 picks in the 2020 draft, which would be the most picks they’ve ever had in a seven round draft.