Nuggets, fun facts, metrics on Dolphins’ 13 draft picks, as rookie camp nears
Quick hit data points on the Dolphins’ 13 draft picks, in case you want to impress your friends:
▪ Alabama offensive tackle Kayden Proctor (12th overall pick):
Among 631 FBS tackles, Pro Football Focus says he was 13th best run blocker, better than anyone selected in the first three rounds of last month’s draft.
He gave up two sacks and 21 pressures but played a lot of pass blocking snaps (611); no FBS tackle who pass blocked that often allowed fewer pressures.
The Dolphins will put him at left guard initially and see how it works out.
▪ San Diego State cornerback Chris Johnson (27th overall pick):
Per PFF, among every FBS cornerback last season (minimum 20 targets), Johnson had the best passer rating against in his coverage area (an absurd 16.1).
Only 18 of 43 passes against him were caught. He didn’t allow a touchdown and picked off four passes, returning two for touchdowns.
▪ Texas Tech linebacker Jacob Rodriguez (43rd overall):
He was PFF’s No. 1-rated linebacker last season and became the first FBS player since 2005 to produce at least five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and four interceptions in one season. His 255 tackles were the most in FBS over the past two seasons.
The seven forced fumbles were an NCAA single-season record last year. His 13 career forced fumbles are sixth most since fumble records started being kept in 2005.
▪ Texas Tech receiver Caleb Douglas (75th):
His seven drops were 12th most among FBS receivers last season. But he also made 12 catches of 20-plus air yards, which ranked in the top 20 nationally and demonstrated his big-play ability.
▪ Ohio State tight end Will Kacmarek (87th):
Besides doing good work as a run blocker, he permitted no sacks in 159 pass-blocking chances. The Dolphins say he’s underrated as a receiver; he caught 23 of 27 targets without a drop the past two years at Ohio State.
▪ Louisville receiver Chris Bell (94th):
He had a 56% contested-catch rate in college, grabbing 33 of 59 such throws, including an ACC-high 12 last season. That 56 is well above the FBS average of 46%.
▪ Texas edge player Trey Moore (130th):
He was most effective as an edge player when he was Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year at Texas San Antonio in 2023. Curiously, Texas played more in the box (230 snaps) than on the edge (203 snaps) in 2025, as PFF’s Ryan Smith noted.
And his play suffered; PFF said 2025 was the worst season of his career and he started only five games. He seems better suited on the edge, though there are questions about his speed at the NFL level. Missed tackles have been a problem; he has a poor 17.2% missed tackle rate in college.
▪ Pittsburgh safety/linebacker Kyle Louis (138th):
He had a remarkable 50 quarterback pressures, 10 sacks and six interceptions over the past two seasons.
But even though he’s a ball hawk in coverage, quarterbacks had a 99.2 passer rating in his coverage area last season; he allowed 47 catches in 60 targets for 429 yards.
▪ Texas safety Michael Taaffe (158th):
PFF rated him the ninth-best safety in all of FBS last season, and his coverage grade (also in the top 10) was nearly identical to Caleb Downs’ grade. Downs went 11th to Dallas, after Miami traded that pick to the Cowboys.
Taaffe last season had a sterling 54.6 passer rating in his coverage area: He allowed 12 of 19 targets to be caught for 100 yards (8.3 per catch), with one touchdown yielded and two interceptions.
He missed too many tackles earlier in his career, but improved his percentage from 21.3 to 9.3 last season, per PFF’s Smith.
▪ Missouri receiver Kevin Coleman (177th):
He has lined up in the slot on 91.8% of his career snaps and has just seven drops on 271 targets.
He has big play capability — with four career 50-plus yard receptions (80, 85, 58 and 50). And he has made 29 contested catches, a very good number.
Also notable: His 932 receiving yards were fifth in the SEC last season. He has one career TD (and a decent 8.1 average) on 57 career punt returns.
▪ Mississippi State tight end Seydou Traore (180th):
Notably, 27 of his 35 receptions last season were on passes thrown 0 for 9 yards, and he averaged a decent 5.1 yards of yards after catch on those throws.
He caught only 1 of 6 deep balls last season (20-plus air yards) but that one reception went for 57 yards and a TD.
He has six drops on 181 career targets.
▪ Texas guard DJ Campbell (200th):
He permitted just one sack in 484 pass-protection snaps last season; only 12 FBS guards who played at least as many snaps allowed fewer sacks (meaning none).
But this is worrisome: As PFF’s Smith noted, he has 25 career penalties, including 10 last season, which was second-most among all guards.
▪ Seventh round pick Max Llewellyn (238th):
He had a 17.2 pass rush win rate last season, which was 16th best among 77 edge players who rushed the quarterback at least 300 times.
That was higher than 35th overall pick TJ Parker’s 15.4. (The Bills drafted Parker.)
