Dolphins get four compensatory picks, now have 11 overall in April’s NFL Draft
The NFL on Tuesday awarded the Dolphins four additional picks in April’s NFL draft as compensation for losing several free agents last offseason.
The Dolphins were awarded a third-round pick for losing Robert Hunt to Carolina, a fourth-round pick for losing Christian Wilkins to Las Vegas and two seventh-round picks, which were given to Miami as part of a complicated formula that rewards teams for losing more players than they sign in free agency.
Miami lost seven “compensatory free agents” last offseason --- Wilkins, Hunt, DeShon Elliott, Andrew Van Ginkel, Raekwon Davis, Brandon Jones and Cedric Wilson Jr.
The pick for losing Wilkins was originally expected to be a third-rounder but instead became a fourth after Wilkins sustained a season ending injury that limited him to five games and 247 snaps.
Those four picks leave the Dolphins with 11 draft picks.
The third-round pick will be 98th overall and the fourth round pick will be 135th.
The seventh-round picks will be 253rd and 256th.
Miami also has its own pick in the first round (13th), second round (48th), fourth round (114th), fifth round (151st) and seventh round (No. 232).
From previous trades, the Dolphins have a fifth-round pick from Denver (No. 156 overall) and a seventh-round pick from Chicago (No. 226).
The Dolphins traded their own third-round pick to Philadelphia during a draft-day trade up for running back Jaylen Wright last April.
Baltimore, Dallas and the Dolphins were the three teams that received four compensatory picks.
This story was originally published March 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM.
