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Draft Selections
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (MIA)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (MIA)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (MIA)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (MIA)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (MIA)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (MIA)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (MIA)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIA)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Sam Brown Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (MIA)
Sam Brown Jr.
WR Miami
Draft Picks Received
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYG)
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Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall C-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesF FutureB-
The Dolphins let Ransom fall into their laps, and walked away with a C-.

The board owed the Dolphins one, and it paid up: Lathan Ransom, the No. 105 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 155 like a gift left on the doorstep.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 Will Johnson
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Will Johnson at the 13th pick. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick48 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts at pick 48 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick65 Rnd3 Cameron Williams
They took Cameron Williams at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick98 Rnd3 Chris Paul Jr.
Chris Paul Jr. in the 98th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick116 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips slipping to slot 116 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick135 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Joshua Farmer in pick No. 135, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick150 Rnd5 Pat Bryant
Nothing to complain about; Pat Bryant went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick155 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
They robbed the room for Lathan Ransom here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick224 Rnd7 Oronde Gadsden II
A tight end of that caliber at slot 224 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
A clean, defensible pick in the 231st overall pick with a little surplus value in Jamon Dumas-Johnson. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick253 Rnd7 Sam Brown Jr.
A tidy little value on Sam Brown Jr. in the 253rd pick, a step better than break-even. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.