Miami Dolphins Mock Draft Roundup 3.0

Throughout the year and leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, we will update our Miami Dolphins Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the Miami Dolphins from several prominent sites and draft analysts.

The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Miami Dolphins:

ESPN - Mel Kiper (2/28)

21. Graham Barton, IOL, Duke

I noted in my debut mock that the Dolphins have decisions to make with free agent offensive linemen Connor Williams and Robert Hunt. The organization might get priced out of bringing them back. Miami cleared some cap space when it released edge rusher Emmanuel Ogbah and cornerback Xavien Howard, but it has other holes to fill, too.

With Barton, the Dolphins would get a veteran lineman who spent the past three seasons as the Blue Devils' starting left tackle. He started five games at center as a true freshman in 2020, though, and that's where I think he could be a rookie starter. At 6-5, Barton is extremely consistent on a snap-to-snap basis. He's technically sound as a run- and pass- blocker. I debated between Barton and Jackson Powers-Johnson (Oregon), my other top-ranked center, but Barton would be getting more first-round buzz if he hadn't missed a few games to lower-body injuries.

The Athletic - CFB Writers (2/27)

21. Byron Murphy II, IDL, Texas

The Dolphins got pushed around in losses this year. Murphy can help fix that. He teamed up with T'Vondre Sweat to be the best 1-2 punch on an interior defensive line in college football this year, helping carry Texas to the College Football Playoff. He can help balance out the offense-heavy Dolphins, and Mike McDaniel would be wise not to leave him out of goal-line packages on that side of the ball, either: Murphy caught a touchdown pass last September and ran for another against Washington in the Sugar Bowl. — Ubben

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2023 NFL Power Rankings: Miami Dolphins

Throughout the 2023 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Below you will find a Week 18 roundup for the Miami Dolphins in our consensus 2023 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 6

Biggest offseason contract to watch: QB Tua Tagovailoa

Defensive tackle Christian Wilkins is probably the more pressing contract situation, considering he will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason, but Tagovailoa's contract is probably more interesting. Miami picked up his fifth-year option last offseason and tabled any contract talks until after the 2023 season. He responded by staying healthy for the entire regular season and currently leads the NFL in passing yards (4,451). He has an opportunity to reset the market, despite Miami's upcoming financial conundrums. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques

NFL.com -- Rank: 4

The Dolphins were demolished by the Ravens. So why did I move Miami down only one spot? There are some people out there who firmly believe this is a paper tiger of a team, having tallied roughly as many bad losses as impressive wins in December. And I hear you, I really do! But it has felt for some time now that the NFL's top tier consists of two teams, the Ravens and 49ers, and then there's a drop-off to Tier 2, where six or seven squads -- depending on what you think about the Eagles -- are grouped fairly close together. (I did think twice about ranking Dallas ahead of Miami, considering the Dolphins beat the Cowboys in Week 16.) On their best day, the Dolphins deserve to be high in Tier 2. On days such as Sunday, when they opened the door for the Bills to take the AFC East from them in Week 18, they resemble a team that could be on first-round elimination watch. Even if the Dolphins win a playoff game, would you pick them in a rematch at Baltimore?

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2023 NFL Predictions: AFC East

Before the start of the season, we will post NFL division-by-division predictions for the 2023 NFL regular season and postseason.

Instead of projecting an outright winner and loser in all 272 regular-season games, we've assigned a win probability to each team in every game and totalled them up.

The AFC East is one of the most competitive divisions in all of football from top to bottom. In fact, only the four AFC North teams are projected to win more games combined than the four AFC East teams in our full-season projections.

See where the Dolphins stand in our 2023 AFC East Predictions

2023 Fantasy Football Projections: Miami Dolphins

Our Fantasy Football Projections will be viewable by both position and team.

Below you will find our 2023 fantasy football projections for the Miami Dolphins.

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QUARTERBACKS

Player	Att.	Comp.	Yards	TD	INT	Rush	Yards	TD	Points
Tua Tagovailoa	551.3	358.3	4079.6	28.12	11.58	35.4	106.2	1.59	272.66
Mike White	54.5	33.8	384.2	1.96	1.64	6.3	6.3	0.13	21.34

Tua Tagovailoa: Tagovailoa sustained multiple concussions, causing him to miss five games (counting a playoff loss) in 2022, and he even considered retiring after last season. When healthy, however, he posted career numbers and led the NFL in TD% (6.3), Y/A (8.9) and passer rating (105.5). Excluding the games he missed or left early (Weeks 4-6 and 17-18), Tagovailoa scored the seventh-most fantasy points over that span. Of course, durability and the potential for missed time factors into his 2023 outlook, but there is plenty of optimism if his health cooperates.

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Miami Dolphins: 2023 NFL Schedule

Below you will find the weekly NFL regular-season schedule for the Miami Dolphins in 2023.

MORE: 2023 NFL Strength of Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Results
Week 1	Sun., Sep. 10	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 36-34
Week 2	Sun., Sep. 17	at New England Patriots	W 24-17
Week 3	Sun., Sep. 24	vs. Denver Broncos	W 70-20
Week 4	Sun., Oct. 1	at Buffalo Bills	L 48-20
Week 5	Sun., Oct. 8	vs. New York Giants	W 31-16
Week 6	Sun., Oct. 15	vs. Carolina Panthers	W 42-21
Week 7	Sun., Oct. 22	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 31-17
Week 8	Sun., Oct. 29	vs. New England Patriots	W 31-17
Week 9	Sun., Nov. 5	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 21-14
Week 10		BYE
Week 11	Sun., Nov. 19	vs. Las Vegas Raiders	W 20-13
Week 12	Fri., Nov. 24	at New York Jets	W 34-13
Week 13	Sun., Dec. 3	at Washington Commanders	W 45-15
Week 14	Mon., Dec. 11	vs. Tennessee Titans	L 28-27
Week 15	Sun., Dec. 17	vs. New York Jets	W 30-0
Week 16	Sun., Dec. 24	vs. Dallas Cowboys	W 22-20
Week 17	Sun., Dec. 31	at Baltimore Ravens	L 56-19
Week 18	Sun., Jan. 7	vs. Buffalo Bills	L 21-14

MORE: Miami Dolphins historical W-L records - Miami Dolphins historical head-to-head records

Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule (SOS)

How easy or difficult is the fantasy football schedule for Miami Dolphins players?

Fantasy Football Strength of Schedule by position:

Miami Dolphins - 2024 Draft Results

The table below are all of the 2024 NFL Draft picks selected by the Miami Dolphins.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
1	21	Chop Robinson	EDGE	Penn State
2	55	Patrick Paul	OT	Houston
4	120	Jaylen Wright	RB	Tennessee
5	158	Mohamed Kamara	EDGE	Colorado State
6	184	Malik Washington	WR	Virginia
6	198	Patrick McMorris	S	California
7	241	Tahj Washington	WR	USC

More: 2024 NFL Draft Results - Miami Dolphins Draft History