DOLPHINS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins cashed the board's mistake on Bowman Jr.: B-.

by AWC · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B+
Need B-
Trades B-
Future B-

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Dolphins watched Billy Bowman Jr. slide 120 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

The cost of the Sheppard reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Will Johnson · CB · rank 10
In pick 13 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 17
Taking Malaki Starks in Round 2, Pick 16 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.34 · Pick 98 · Luke Kandra · OG · rank 107
A premium they did not need to pay, Luke Kandra a notch or two before his time. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.35 · Pick 99 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 94
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 99 with a little surplus value in Tez Johnson. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.14 · Pick 115 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 70
Gunnar Helm at the 115th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.12 · Pick 149 · Nazir Stackhouse · DL · rank 184
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Nazir Stackhouse well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.19 · Pick 156 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 73
The board fumbled Quinshon Judkins all the way to slot 156, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.8 · Pick 224 · Jack Kiser · LB · rank 190
Steal is underselling it; Jack Kiser at No. 224 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.15 · Pick 231 · Billy Bowman Jr. · S · rank 111
They barely believed it either: Billy Bowman Jr. still on the board at the Round 7 slot. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.35 · Pick 251 · Will Sheppard · WR · rank 295
Will Sheppard at the 251st overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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