The Miami Dolphins are down to four selections in the 2022 NFL draft to fill in the roster holes leftover after free agency.
Miami’s numerous trades throughout the past few offseasons have left the team with just a handful of picks, and many of them aren’t the Dolphins’ original selection.
Here’s where the Dolphins are drafting, and the reasons why:
Third round: No. 102
After dealing the 29th and 50th picks in the 2022 draft to Kansas City in the Tyreek Hill trade, the Dolphins are now set to have the latest first pick of a draft in team history, “beating out” the 90th pick in 2002 (OL Seth McKinney).
Last year, the Dolphins traded their own second-round pick (No. 50) and a third-round pick (No. 81) in 2022 to the New York Giants to move up to pick No. 42 to select offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg, who started 16 of the 17 games at tackle he played as a rookie.
Pick No. 102 is from the 49ers for the trade that led to San Francisco taking Lance.
Fourth round: No. 125
Miami acquired pick No. 125 from the Pittsburgh Steelers in a draft-day trade out of the fifth round (No. 156) last year.
Seventh round: Nos. 224 and 247
Miami sent its 2022 sixth-round pick (No. 196) to the Ravens for pick No. 224 in the trade that produced center Greg Mancz, who started four games because of Michael Deiter’s foot injury, and is now a free agent.
Miami doesn’t have its own seventh-round pick (No. 238) because of the trade that acquired Aqib Talib’s rights in 2019 for 2020 fifth-round pick.
And pick No. 247 came from Tennessee in a pick swap for Isaiah Wilson, who never made it to training camp because of his off-field conduct.
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