Month: April 2022

2022 NFL Draft Notes – Day 3

DOLPHINS PICK EZUKANMA IN FOURTH ROUND
  • The Dolphins selected Texas Tech WR Erik Ezukanma in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft at No. 125 overall.
  • Ezukanma is just the second wide receiver drafted by the Dolphins since 2017. Miami picked WR Jaylen Waddle with the sixth overall pick of the draft in 2021.
  • He is just the second Big 12 player drafted by Miami since 2017, joining S Brandon Jones, who was a third-round pick (70th overall) in the 2020 NFL Draft and attended Texas.
  • Ezukanma is the sixth player from Texas Tech drafted by the Dolphins and first since WR Jakeem Grant was taken in the sixth round (186th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
  • The most notable Dolphins draft pick from Texas Tech is LB Zach Thomas, who was a fifth-round pick (154th overall) in the 1996 NFL Draft and was a seven-time Pro Bowl selection (1999-2003, 2005-06).
  • At No. 125 overall, Ezukanma is the second-earliest Dolphins pick from Texas Tech ever, behind TE Andre Tillman who went 38th overall in the second round of the 1974 NFL Draft.

ALL-TIME DOLPHINS DRAFT PICKS FROM TEXAS TECH

YEAR RD PICK OVR NAME POS
2022 4 20 125 Erik Ezukanma WR
2016 6 21 186 Jakeem Grant WR
1996 5 22 154 Zach Thomas LB
1988 10 17 266 Artis Jackson DT
1982 8 25 220 Tate Randle DB
1974 2 12 38 Andre Tillman TE
DOLPHINS SELECT GOODE AT NO. 224
  • The Dolphins took California OLB Cameron Goode in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft at No. 224 overall.
  • Goode is the first Dolphins player selected from Cal since G Ernie Rogers was picked in the 11th round (302nd overall) in 1991.
  • The last Cal Bear to be drafted by Miami as early as Goode was TE Joe Rose, who was the 185th overall pick (seventh round) in 1980. Rose is currently an analyst on the team’s radio broadcasts.
  • Goode is the first linebacker from Cal to ever be drafted by the Dolphins.

ALL-TIME DOLPHINS DRAFT PICKS FROM CAL

YEAR RD PICK OVR NAME POS
2022 7 3 224 Cameron Goode OLB
1991 11 24 302 Ernie Rogers G
1985 12 27 335 Ray Noble DB
1980 7 20 185 Joe Rose TE
1971 15 22 386 Bob Richards G
DOLPHINS SELECT THOMPSON WITH FINAL PICK
  • The Dolphins took Kansas State QB Skylar Thompson in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft at No. 247 overall.
  • Thompson is just the ninth quarterback drafted by the Dolphins in the past 30 drafts (since 1993) and only the second one picked in the seventh round. Miami drafted QB Brandon Doughty in the seventh round (223rd overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.
  • He is the first player from Kansas State drafted by the Dolphins since 2011 when Miami picked RB Daniel Thomas in the second round (62nd overall).
  • Thompson is the fourth player selected by the Dolphins from Kansas State.

ALL-TIME DOLPHINS DRAFT PICKS FROM KANSAS STATE

YEAR RD PICK OVR NAME POS
2022 7 26 247 Skylar Thompson QB
2011 2 30 62 Daniel Thomas RB
1971 7 22 178 Ron Dickerson DB
1966 9 1 74 Bill Matan DE

QUICK HITS

  • This draft marks the first time the Dolphins have selected multiple linebackers in the same draft since 2018 when Miami took LB Jerome Baker in the third round and LB Quentin Poling in the seventh round.
  • Miami’s four selections in the 2022 NFL Draft are the fewest in a single draft in franchise history. The previous low was five in 2002.

2022 NFL Draft Notes – Day 2

DOLPHINS TAKE TINDALL AT NO. 102 OVERALL
  • The Dolphins selected Georgia LB Channing Tindall with their first pick of the 2022 NFL Draft at No. 102 overall in the third round.
  • Tindall becomes the earliest player Miami has selected from Georgia since 1969, when they picked DE Bill Stanfill at No. 11 overall. Stanfill retired following the 1976 season as Miami’s all-time leader in sacks with 69.5, a mark that is third in team history today.
  • He is the first Georgia linebacker the Dolphins have ever drafted.
  • Tindall is the 10th Georgia Bulldog drafted by the Dolphins and first since G Solomon Kindley was picked in the fourth round (111th overall) in 2020.

GEORGIA BULLDOGS DRAFTED BY THE DOLPHINS

YR RD PICK OVR NAME POS
2023 3 38 102 Channing Tindall LB
2020 4 5 111 Solomon Kindley G
2014 5 15 155 Arthur Lynch TE
2010 5 32 163 Reshad Jones DB
2002 4 16 114 Randy McMichael TE
2000 7 26 232 Jeff Harris DB
1996 7 42 251 Brice Hunter WR
1975 16 23 413 Vernon Smith C
1970 7 3 159 Jake Scott DB
1969 1 11 11 Bill Stanfill DE
QUICK HITS
  • With Miami’s first selection coming at pick No. 102, it’s the latest the Dolphins have ever made their first selection in a draft. The latest Miami had made its first pick in any previous draft was in 2002, when they selected C Seth McKinney out of Texas A&M with the 90th overall pick.
  • With Tindall’s selection, the Dolphins have now drafted a player from the reigning CFP national champion in seven consecutive drafts.
  • This is also the seventh-consecutive draft the Dolphins have selected a player from an SEC school. The last year Miami didn’t draft an SEC player was 2015.
  • Tindall is the seventh defensive player from Georgia taken in the 2022 NFL Draft, which is the most defensive players by a single school in the first three rounds of a single NFL Draft since 1967, surpassing the previous high of six from Alabama (2017) and LSU (2013).