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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (MIA)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (MIA)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (MIA)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (MIA)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Ty Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (MIA)
Ty Robinson
DL Nebraska
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (MIA)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
R.J. Mickens Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (MIA)
R.J. Mickens
S Clemson
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIA)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Kitan Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (MIA)
Kitan Crawford
S Nevada
Draft Picks Received
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (CIN)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (CIN)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Draft Picks Traded
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (CIN)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Dolphins, and a B- to prove it.

Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Dolphins never addressed wide receiver, and it is the kind of gap that lingers. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The Mickens pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They will need Jackson to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

Job largely done: quarterback settled and 3 of 8 of the wish list covered. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In pick 13 they get a disruptive interior force, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick48 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at the Round 2 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick98 Rnd3 Will Howard
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Will Howard. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick119 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
Jacob Parrish at Round 4, Pick 17 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick135 Rnd4 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce in the 135th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick150 Rnd5 Logan Brown
Fair-plus on Logan Brown, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick155 Rnd5 Ty Robinson
A premium they did not need to pay, Ty Robinson a notch or two before his time. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick193 Rnd6 Joshua Gray
Joshua Gray in the 193rd overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It fills a real need, too.
Pick224 Rnd7 R.J. Mickens
Quietly one of the better values of the day, R.J. Mickens at the 224th overall pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick231 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
They took Cam Jackson at par in pick No. 231, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick253 Rnd7 Kitan Crawford
Kitan Crawford is a better player than the 253rd pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.