Dolphins bring in corner coming off two good years. And Grier on why he trusts Tyreek Hill
The Dolphins, in search of talented, young cornerbacks, brought Oklahoma State’s Korie Black to their Miami Gardens headquarters on Wednesday, the final day that draft prospects could visit NFL teams.
Black, a 6-0 corner and native of Waco, Texas., had three interceptions last season, and quarterbacks produced just a 77.2 passer rating in his coverage area. He allowed 31 completions in 56 attempts for 449 yards (14.5 per reception), three touchdowns and three interceptions.
According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed only 16 receptions in 2023, which ranked third best among all FBS cornerbacks with at least 350 coverage snaps.
He had 100 tackles, four interceptions, 21 passes defended and four forced fumbles in 61 games over five seasons with the Cowboys. He ran a 4.35 in the 40, one of only two six-foot cornerbacks in this year’s class to run that fast.
The 33rd Team called Black one of the draft’s sleepers, noting that he’s “big, fast, productive, and experienced. Black has three years of starting experience and over 2,300 career snaps, but he’ll only be 22 years old when he gets drafted. In 2024, he led the Big 12 with twelve total pass breakups and interceptions, and his role was as demanding as any corner in this class.
“Black is a battle-tested corner who’s comfortable on an island and ready to contribute as a rookie, but he’s also a young player with tremendous athletic upside. Considering that he wasn’t invited to the combine, it’s unlikely that the NFL views him as a day two player, but I think he’ll get selected early in the fourth round. In a thin cornerback class, teams will have a hard time passing on his combination of potential and pro-readiness.”
For the Dolphins, Black counts as one of the maximum permitted 30 players that teams can invite to team headquarters for meetings and medical tests. Wednesday was the final day that 30 visits were allowed.
If the Dolphins succeed in ongoing efforts to trade Jalen Ramsey, they won’t have a single cornerback who has been in the league more than three seasons. (Kader Kohou is entering his fourth.)
Kohou “will have to step up for us, and I’m very confident he will, because when he’s healthy, he’s a good, competitive, tough player,” Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said. “So with him, that’s kind of how we’ve viewed him this year, as one of the guys that has to step up, as well as Cam Smith and Storm Duck, all these guys, and the people we add in here throughout the draft and then post-draft as well.
“Cam Smith needs to come through at the end of the day. He’s got to stay healthy and be on the field. He has shown some flashes, but this is a very big year. He knows what’s expected because we can’t hold his hand and wait for him anymore.”
Hill question
Grier was asked this week if the organization still trusts Tyreek Hill as a captain and leader, and why so, after several off-field incidents in the past two years, including one that resulted in an officer going to his Sunny Isles condominium last week but resulted in no charges.
Grier answered without hesitation:
“I would say because we’re around him when he’s in the building and he’s here and we see how he works and everything and how his teammates interact because they voted him captain. And we know with personal lives, people are always dealing with it, and I’m not going to speak on anyone’s personal life or what’s going on.
“So all I can do is judge him for when he’s here and when he’s around the guys and the things he does that shows us that he wants to be here and he’s a leader, and those things he’s done for the last two years here before last season. And so for us, very optimistic about him. People deal with stuff in their personal life, and I leave that to them to handle until it gets to a point where we have to talk about it.”
Hill’s wife, Keeta Vaccaro, reportedly filed for divorce last week.
Here’s my Wednesday post with more Dolphins 30 visits this week.
This story was originally published April 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM.
