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Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins let Harris fall and pounced. Final grade: A.
by CMS ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 14 steals
· 0 reaches
Call it larceny. Tre Harris sat on the board until the 251st pick, and the Dolphins did not need to be asked twice. Just about everything broke right, and the A follows.
Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.
The Dolphins indulged a want in Barron while a need in tight end stayed open.
It is a haul that will look even better come September.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 24 they get a sticky cover corner at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
A tidy bit of business in the 56th overall pick, where Josaiah Stewart graded well above the range. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
You do not let a running back like Ashton Jeanty reach the 65th pick and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Taking Wyatt Milum in Round 3, Pick 29 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A curious use of slot 98. Tight end needed the pick; a cornerback in Jahdae Barron did not.
The board fumbled Jihaad Campbell all the way to pick 99, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They robbed the room for Cam Ward here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Kyle Kennard in the Round 4 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A safety of that caliber at slot 152 is the definition of value, full stop. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Steal is underselling it; Xavier Restrepo at the 154th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jake Majors at the Round 6 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Somehow Antwaun Powell-Ryland was still sitting there in Round 7, Pick 8, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
T.J. Sanders in No. 231 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Tre Harris at pick 251 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
