Dolphins add veteran No. 3 receiver who scored nine touchdowns last season
The Dolphins filled a need for both a No. 3 receiver and for size in their wide receiver room on Tuesday evening when they agreed to terms with Nick Westbrook-Ikhine on a two-year, $6.5 million deal.
That contract includes $3.2 million guaranteed, according to a league source. Westbrook-Ikhine, 27, had several suitors this week but liked the opportunity presented to him in Miami.
Westbrook-Ikhine, 6-2, caught a career-high nine touchdowns for Tennessee last season, finishing with 32 receptions for 497 yards, including a 98-yard TD against Minnesota, which was the league’s longest reception of the season.
His nine touchdowns last season tied for ninth most in the league.
He has played five seasons, all for the Titans, and has 126 catches for 1,773 yards, a sterling 14.1 average per reception, with 19 touchdowns. He had appeared in 78 games and started 39, including nine starts each of the past two seasons.
Eighty seven of his 126 career receptions have gone for first downs.
He began last season as backup behind 2022 first round draft pick Treylon Burks but become a starter in Week 6 after Burks sustained a season-ending injury. Westbrook-Ikhine then scored touchdowns in four consecutive games.
He was born in Lake Mary and went undrafted out of Indiana, where he had 144 receptions for 2,226 yards and 16 touchdowns in 52 games and 36 starts. He signed with Tennessee as an undrafted free agent on April 26, 2000.
The Dolphins signed him with the intent of making him their No. 3 receiver, according to a source.
The Dolphins’ top four receivers likely will be Tyreek Hill (5-10), Jaylen Waddle (5-10), Westbrook-Ikhine and Malik Washington (5-8). Of those, only Westbrook-Ikhine is taller than 5-10.
Erik Ezukanma, 6-2, also remains under contract. So does 2024 seventh-round pick Tajh Washington, who’s 5-10; he spent last season on injured reserve.
River Cracraft, 6-0, and Grant DuBose, 6-2, and Dee Eskridge, 5-9, are unsigned free agents who played for the Dolphins last season. Former Dolphins receiver Braxton Berrios for the Houston Texans.
This story was originally published March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM.
