The Miami Dolphins head into Thursday’s 2024 NFL Draft first spherical with the twenty first total decide. The Dolphins have saved their choices open, creating the chance for the workforce to easily take the perfect participant accessible on their draft board. The assorted mock drafts from across the internet present a loopy spectrum of picks from each a participant and a place perspective for Miami.
Whereas we wait to see what the Dolphins will do with the twenty first decide, we are able to look again at its latest historical past. Under, you’ll find the final 10 alternatives made at 21, together with final yr, when the Dolphins ought to have been the workforce making the choice if not for a punishment meted out by the NFL.
2023Los Angeles Chargers: Quentin Johnston, WR, TCU
Curiously, the Dolphins truly ought to have made the twenty first decide, however, just like the workforce’s third-round decide this yr, the choice was forfeited as a part of the NFL’s punishment of the membership for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton.
Johnston appeared in all 17 video games for the Chargers, beginning 10 of them. He caught 38 passes for 431 yards and two touchdowns as a rookie.
2022Kansas Metropolis Chiefs: Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington
The New England Patriots held the decide earlier than the Chiefs jumped as much as the place, sending the twenty ninth, 94th, and 121st picks again to the Patriots.
McDuffie started his profession because the Chiefs’ beginning cornerback, however a Week 1 damage put him on injured reserve. He returned later within the season, beginning 11 video games in his first season. Final yr, he began 16 video games for Kansas Metropolis and earned a First-Crew All-Professional choice. He has 124 tackles with 4 sacks, six pressured fumbles, and 14 passes defensed in his profession.
2021Indianapolis Colts: Kwity Paye, DE, Michigan
In his three seasons with the Colts, Paye has began 43 video games. He has 129 profession tackles with 18.5 sacks, three pressured fumbles, 5 fumble recoveries, and one cross defensed.
2020Philadelphia Eagles: Jalen Reagor, WR, TCU
Reagor spent two seasons with the Eagles earlier than being traded to the Minnesota Vikings in change for a 2023 seventh-round decide and a 2024 conditional fifth-round decide. He was lower by the workforce on the finish of the preseason, signing to the New England Patriots apply squad.
He re-signed to the Patriots after the 2023 season.
In 4 years, Reagor has appeared in 56 video games, together with 25 begins, with 79 receptions for 937 yards with 4 touchdowns. He has additionally returned 61 punts for an 8.0 yards per return common with one landing; he has 19 kick returns for a median of 25.1 yards with a landing.
2019Green Bay Packers: Darnell Savage, S, Maryland
The Seattle Seahawks despatched the twenty first decide to the Packers for the thirtieth, 114th, and 118th picks.
Savage spent 5 years with the Packers, together with having his fifth-year choice picked up forward of the 2023 season. He appeared in 72 video games, beginning 69 of them, primarily enjoying free security however working as a powerful security final yr. He has 302 profession tackles with one sack, two pressured fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 32 passes defensed, and 9 interceptions with one landing.
He signed a three-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars as a free agent this yr.
2018Cincinnati Bengals: Billy Worth, C, Ohio State
The Buffalo Payments held the twenty first decide however shipped it together with left sort out Cordy Glenn and the 158th decide to the Bengals in change for the twelfth total decide and a 2018 fifth-round decide.
Worth started his profession because the Bengals’ beginning middle however was restricted to only 10 video games performed on account of an damage. In 2019, Worth labored at left guard for Cincinnati earlier than returning to middle for 2020, however dropping his beginning place. The Bengals declined the fifth-year choice for Worth earlier than buying and selling him on the finish of the 2021 preseason to the New York Giants
In New York, Worth began 15 video games at middle earlier than his rookie contract expired, and he was allowed to hit the free company market. He signed with the Las Vegas Raiders’ apply squad in the course of the 2022 season after which joined the Arizona Cardinals’ energetic roster, taking up the beginning middle place as accidents mounted to the offensive line.
In 2023, Worth had an offseason stint with the New Orleans Saints earlier than becoming a member of the Dallas Cowboys’ apply squad for the yr.
Since being chosen, Worth has appeared in 69 video games with 45 begins. He’s at the moment a free agent.
2017Detroit Lions: Jarrad Davis, LB, Florida
Davis spent 4 years with the Lions, primarily beginning at center linebacker throughout his first three seasons, however seeing accidents lower into his enjoying time. He fell out of the beginning lineup for a lot of the 2020 season, with the Lions declining his fifth-year choice for the 2021 season.
After signing with the New York Jets in 2021, he appeared in 9 video games however once more had an injured reserve stint to shorten his enjoying time. He returned to the Lions for the beginning of the 2022 season, starting the yr on the apply squad. Late within the yr, he was signed by the New York Giants to their energetic roster. A knee damage sustained in the course of the Giants’ offseason coaching program ended Davis’ 2023 seasons throughout coaching camp.
In six years performed (not together with the 2023 season), Davis appeared in 68 video games, together with 51 begins, with 344 profession tackles, 11 sacks, seven pressured fumbles, three fumble recoveries, 10 passes defensed, and one interception.
2016Houston Texans: Will Fuller, WR, Notre Dame
The Washington Commanders traded again with the Texans, transferring from twenty first to twenty second and selecting up a 2017 seventh-round draft selection.
Fuller spent 5 years with the Texans, who exercised the fifth-year choice on the receiver. He turned a free agent in 2021, signing with the Dolphins. He appeared in two video games in 2021 for Miami earlier than a damaged thumb ended his season. He didn’t signal with a workforce after the season.
In six seasons, Fuller caught 213 passes for 3,136 yards and 24 touchdowns. He additionally returned 22 punts throughout his profession, averaging 14.3 yards per return and recording one landing; he averaged 15.5 yards per return on two kick returns.
2015Cincinnati Bengals: Cedric Ogbuehi, T, Texas A&M
Ogbuehi spent 4 seasons with the Bengals after being drafted, however the Bengals declined his fifth-year choice, and he was allowed to hit free company after accidents and training choices restricted him to only 35 video games and 25 begins over the 4 seasons. He then moved to the Jacksonville Jaguars for the 2019 season earlier than a year-and-a-half stint with the Seattle Seahawks. After being launched in the course of the 2021 season, Ogbuehi signed with the Baltimore Ravens, first on their apply squad after which on the energetic roster. He was once more launched in the course of the season, with a quick stint on the Tennessee Titans apply squad close to the top of the yr.
In 2022, Ogbuehi started the yr on the Houston Texans apply squad earlier than the New York Jets signed him to their energetic roster. After an injured reserve stint late within the season, he re-signed with the Jets for 2023 however was launched forward of coaching camp. The Dolphins signed him a number of days later, holding on to him by means of coaching camp and the preseason earlier than releasing him because the preseason ended. He began 2023 on the Jets apply squad however was launched in the course of the season.
In his profession, Ogbuehi appeared in 67 video games with 35 begins.
2014Green Bay Packers: Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama
Clinton-Dix performed seven years within the NFL earlier than retiring in 2022. He spent four-and-a-half seasons with the Packers earlier than being traded in the course of the 2018 season to the Washington Commanders. He completed out the season with Washington earlier than signing as a free agent with the Chicago Bears in 2019. In 2020, he signed as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys however was among the many roster cuts on the finish of the preseason. After sitting out the complete 2020 season, Clinton-Dix signed for 2021 with the San Francisco 49ers, however once more was launched on the finish of the preseason. He joined the Las Vegas Raiders’ apply squad, showing in two video games earlier than being launched in December. He completed the season on the Denver Broncos apply squad.
Over his profession, Clinton-Dix recorded 522 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 4 pressured fumbles, 5 fumble recoveries, 33 passes defensed, and 16 interceptions with one landing. He was a 2016 Professional Bowl choice and a Second-Crew All-Professional.
