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RUN ON APR 16, 2025

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    Dolphins
Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (MIA)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (MIA)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (MIA)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Ty Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (MIA)
Ty Robinson
DL Nebraska
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (MIA)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (MIA)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (CLE)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Draft Picks Traded
Jeremy Crawshaw Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (CLE)
Jeremy Crawshaw
P Florida
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (CLE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Roc Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (CLE)
Roc Taylor
WR Memphis
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedC+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Dolphins let Ransom fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

When a board-topper like Lathan Ransom slides to pick No. 135, you do not overthink it, and the Dolphins did not.

The Slater pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. It is not that Amos is a bad player; it is that the Dolphins had louder needs to answer first.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In the 13th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick48 Rnd2 Trey Amos
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Trey Amos adds a cornerback and leaves quarterback, wide receiver and other spots untouched.
Pick98 Rnd3 Darius Alexander
Nothing to complain about; Darius Alexander went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick116 Rnd4 Jackson Slater
Jackson Slater in pick 116 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It fills a real need, too.
Pick135 Rnd4 Lathan Ransom
Lathan Ransom in the 135th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick150 Rnd5 Ty Robinson
Ty Robinson at the Round 5 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick155 Rnd5 CJ West
They left a pile of value on the table to take CJ West this early at Round 5, Pick 17. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick192 Rnd6 Tyler Cooper
They paid sticker price for Tyler Cooper in pick No. 192, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.