The best and worst Dolphin drafts of all time

Paul 13 · May 7, 2012

simple... which draft was the best... which draft was the worst of all time? I have left off the 2012 draft on purpose. :tongue2:

Of course the 1983 draft that netted Marino, Roby, Clayton and then Anthony Carter in the 12th round is a front runner. But we also drafted Mike Charles and Charles Benson in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Never was a fan of either player. Looking at those 80's drafts... our failure rate on defensive linemen is absurd.

2011
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 15 Mike Pouncey C Florida
2 62 Daniel Thomas RB Kansas State
4 111 Edmond Gates WR Abilene Christian
6 174 Charles Clay RB Tulsa
7 231 Frank Kearse DT Alabama A&M
7 235 Jimmy Wilson DB Montana

2010
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 28 Jared Odrick DE Penn State
2 40 Koa Misi OLB Utah
3 73 John Jerry G Mississippi
4 119 A.J. Edds LB Iowa
5 145 Nolan Carroll CB Maryland
5 163 Reshad Jones FS Georgia
7 212 Chris McCoy LB Middle Tennessee State
7 252 Austin Spitler LB Ohio State

2009
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 25 Vontae Davis DB Illinois
2 44 Pat White QB West Virginia
2 61 Sean Smith DB Utah
3 87 Patrick Turner WR USC
4 108 Brian Hartline WR Ohio State
5 161 John Nalbone TE Monmouth (N.J.)
5 165 Chris Clemons DB Clemson
6 181 Andrew Gardner T Georgia Tech
7 214 J.D. Folsom LB Weber State

2008
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 1 Jake Long T Michigan
2 32 Phillip Merling DE Clemson
2 57 Chad Henne QB Michigan
3 66 Kendall Langford DE Hampton
4 110 Shawn Murphy G Utah State
6 176 Jalen Parmele RB Toledo
6 195 Donald Thomas G Connecticut
6 204 Lex Hilliard RB Montana
7 245 Lionel Dotson DE Arizona

2007
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 9 Ted Ginn Jr. WR Ohio State
2 40 John Beck QB Brigham Young
2 60 Samson Satele C Hawaii
3 71 Lorenzo Booker RB Florida State
4 108 Paul Soliai DT Utah
6 181 Reagan Mauia FB Hawaii
6 199 Drew Mormino C Central Michigan
7 219 Kelvin Smith LB Syracuse
7 225 Brandon Fields P Michigan State
7 238 Abraham Wright LB Colorado

2006
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 16 Jason Allen DB Tennessee
3 82 Derek Hagan WR Arizona State
4 114 Joseph Toledo T Washington
7 212 Fred Evans DT Texas State
7 226 Rodrique Wright DT Texas
7 233 Devin Aromashodu WR Auburn

2005
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 2 Ronnie Brown RB Auburn
2 46 Matt Roth DE Iowa
3 70 Channing Crowder OLB Florida
4 104 Travis Daniels CB Louisiana State
5 162 Anthony Alabi T Texas Christian
7 216 Kevin Vickerson DT Michigan State

2004
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 19 Vernon Carey T Miami (Fla.)
4 102 Will Poole CB USC
5 160 Tony Bua LB Arkansas
6 174 Rex Hadnot G Houston
7 221 Tony Pape G Michigan
7 222 Derrick Pope LB Alabama

2003
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 49 Eddie Moore LB Tennessee
3 78 Wade Smith T Memphis
3 87 Taylor Whitley G Texas A&M
5 156 Donald Lee TE Mississippi State
5 169 J.R. Tolver WR San Diego State
6 181 Corey Jenkins LB South Carolina
6 209 Tim Provost -- San Jose State
6 213 Yeremiah Bell DB Eastern Kentucky
7 248 Davern Williams DT Troy State

2002
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
3 90 Seth McKinney C Texas A&M
4 114 Randy McMichael TE Georgia
5 161 Omare Lowe CB Washington
5 170 Sam Simmons WR Northwestern
7 241 Leonard Henry RB East Carolina

2001
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 26 Jamar Fletcher DB Wisconsin
2 52 Chris Chambers WR Wisconsin
3 85 Travis Minor RB Florida State
3 88 Morlon Greenwood OLB Syracuse
5 156 Shawn Draper T Alabama
6 164 Brandon Winey T Louisiana State
6 177 Josh Heupel QB Oklahoma
6 187 Otis Leverette DE Alabama-Birmingham
6 188 Rick Crowell -- Colorado State

2000
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 53 Todd Wade T Mississippi
3 84 Ben Kelly CB Colorado
4 117 Deon Dyer FB North Carolina
5 152 Arturo Freeman SAF South Carolina
6 167 Ernest Grant DT Arkansas-Pine Bluff
7 232 Jeff Harris DB Georgia

1999
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 39 J.J. Johnson RB Mississippi State
2 43 Rob Konrad FB Syracuse
3 72 Grey Ruegamer C Arizona State
5 134 Cecil Collins RB McNeese State
5 142 Bryan Jones -- Oregon State
6 192 Brent Bartholomew P Ohio State
7 232 Jermaine Haley DT Butte Coll. CA (J.C.)
7 244 Joe Wong T Brigham Young

1998
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 29 John Avery RB Mississippi
2 44 Patrick Surtain DB Southern Mississippi
2 49 Kenny Mixon DE Louisiana State
3 79 Brad Jackson LB Cincinnati
3 82 Larry Shannon WR East Carolina
4 102 Lorenzo Bromell DE Clemson
5 143 Scott Shaw G Michigan State
6 171 Nathan Strikwerda -- Northwestern
6 172 John Dutton -- Nevada-Reno
7 210 Jim Bundren G Clemson

1997
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 15 Yatil Green WR Miami (Fla.)
2 44 Sam Madison CB Louisville
3 73 Jason Taylor DE Akron
3 92 Derrick Rodgers OLB Arizona State
3 93 Ronnie Ward LB Kansas
3 96 Brent Smith T Mississippi State
4 121 Jerome Daniels T Northeastern
5 149 Barron Tanner DT Oklahoma
5 157 Nicholas Lopez -- Texas Southern
6 166 John Fiala LB Washington
6 170 Brian Manning WR Stanford
6 173 Mike Crawford LB Nevada-Las Vegas
6 177 Ed Perry TE James Madison
7 203 Hudhaifa Ismaeli -- Northwestern

1996
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 20 Daryl Gardener DT Baylor
3 79 Dorian Brew DB Kansas
3 80 Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar RB UCLA
4 113 Kirk Pointer DB Austin Peay State
4 118 Stanley Pritchett FB South Carolina
4 125 LaCurtis Jones LB Baylor
5 134 Jerris McPhail RB East Carolina
5 150 Shane Burton DE Tennessee
5 154 Zach Thomas MLB Texas Tech
6 189 Shawn Wooden FS Notre Dame
7 230 Jeff Buckey T Stanford
7 251 Brice Hunter WR Georgia

1995
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 25 Billy Milner T Houston
2 53 Andrew Greene G Indiana
4 122 Pete Mitchell TE Boston College
5 158 Norman Hand DT Mississippi
6 194 Jeff Kopp LB USC
7 233 Corey Swinson DT Hampton
7 246 Shannon Myers WR Lenoir-Rhyne

1994
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 20 Tim Bowens DT Mississippi
2 54 Aubrey Beavers OLB Oklahoma
2 65 Tim Ruddy C Notre Dame
4 112 Ronnie Woolfork LB Colorado
5 147 William Gaines DT Florida
6 177 Brant Boyer LB Arizona
7 214 Sean Hill CB Montana State

1993
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 25 O.J. McDuffie WR Penn State
3 78 Terry Kirby RB Virginia
4 105 Ronnie Bradford CB Colorado
5 132 Chris Gray T Auburn
6 164 Robert O'Neal DB Clemson
7 191 David Merritt LB North Carolina State
8 218 Dwayne Gordon LB New Hampshire

1992
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 7 Troy Vincent CB Wisconsin
1 12 Marco Coleman DE Georgia Tech
2 43 Eddie Blake NT Auburn
3 70 Larry Webster DE Maryland
4 97 Dwight Hollier ILB North Carolina
5 124 Chris Perez -- Kansas
6 155 Roosevelt Collins LB Texas Christian
7 191 Dave Moore TE Pittsburgh
8 209 Andre Powell LB Penn State
9 236 Tony Tellington -- Youngstown State
10 267 Raoul Spears -- USC
11 294 Lee Miles -- Baylor
11 296 Mark Barsotti -- Fresno State
12 321 Milton Biggins -- Western Kentucky
12 328 Kameno Bell -- Illinois

1991
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 23 Randal Hill WR Miami (Fla.)
3 60 Aaron Craver RB Fresno State
5 113 Bryan Cox OLB Western Illinois
5 121 Gene Williams G Iowa State
7 191 Chris Green CB Illinois
8 220 Roland Smith -- Miami (Fla.)
9 246 Scott Miller WR UCLA
10 275 Michael Titley -- Iowa
11 302 Ernie Rogers -- California
12 331 Joe Brunson -- Tennessee-Chattanooga

1990
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 9 Richmond Webb T Texas A&M
2 39 Keith Sims G Iowa State
3 66 Alfred Oglesby NT Houston
4 93 Scott Mitchell QB Utah
5 137 Leroy Holt -- USC
6 151 Sean Vanhorse DB Howard
8 205 Thomas Woods -- Tennessee
9 231 Phil Ross -- Oregon State
12 315 Bobby Harden DB Miami (Fla.)

1989
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 9 Sammie Smith RB Florida State
1 25 Louis Oliver DB Florida
4 92 David Holmes -- Syracuse
5 121 Jeff Uhlenhake C Ohio State
6 147 Wes Pritchett LB Notre Dame
7 176 Jim Zdelar -- Youngstown State
8 203 Pete Stoyanovich K Indiana
9 232 Dana Batiste -- Texas A&M
10 259 Deval Glover -- Syracuse
10 275 Greg Ross -- Memphis
11 288 Bert Weidner C Kent State
12 315 J.B. Brown DB Maryland

1988
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 16 Eric Kumerow DE Ohio State
2 42 Jarvis Williams DB Florida
3 73 Ferrell Edmunds TE Maryland
4 99 Greg Johnson T Oklahoma
5 126 Rodney Thomas DB Brigham Young
6 153 Mel Bratton -- Miami (Fla.)
6 156 George Cooper -- Ohio State
7 180 Kerwin Bell QB Florida
8 212 Harry Galbreath G Tennessee
8 220 Louis Cheek T Texas A&M
9 239 Jeff Cross DE Missouri
10 266 Artis Jackson -- Texas Tech
11 292 Tom Kelleher -- Holy Cross
12 320 Brian Kinchen TE Louisiana State

1987
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 16 John Bosa DE Boston College
2 43 Rick Graf LB Wisconsin
2 56 Scott Schwedes WR Syracuse
4 99 Troy Stradford RB Boston College
5 132 Chris Conlin G Penn State
6 155 Lance Sellers LB Boise State
7 182 Tom Brown RB Pittsburgh
8 210 Joel Williams TE Notre Dame
8 212 Mark Dennis T Illinois
9 237 Tim Pidgeon LB Syracuse
10 266 Bob Taylor -- Wisconsin
11 293 Terence Mann -- Southern Methodist
12 322 Jim Karsatos -- Ohio State

1986
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 52 John Offerdahl LB Western Michigan
3 81 T.J. Turner DE Houston
4 107 James Pruitt WR Cal State-Fullerton
5 136 Kevin Wyatt DB Arkansas
6 163 Brent Sowell -- Alabama
7 193 Larry Kolic LB Ohio State
8 218 John Stuart -- Texas
9 247 Reyna Thompson DB Baylor
10 274 Jeff Wickersham -- Louisiana State
11 303 Arnold Franklin TE North Carolina
12 329 Rickey Isom RB North Carolina State

1985
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 27 Lorenzo Hampton RB Florida
3 65 George Little DE Iowa
3 83 Alex Moyer LB Northwestern
4 91 Mike Smith DB Texas-El Paso
4 111 Jeff Dellenbach OT Wisconsin
6 145 George Shorthose WR Missouri
6 167 Ron Davenport RB Louisville
7 195 Fuad Reveiz K Tennessee
8 223 Dan Sharp TE Texas Christian
9 251 Adam Hinds -- Oklahoma State
10 279 Mike Pendleton -- Indiana
11 307 Mike Jones -- Tulane
12 335 Ray Noble -- California

1984
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 14 Jackie Shipp LB Oklahoma
2 53 Jay Brophy LB Miami (Fla.)
4 109 Joe Carter RB Alabama
5 138 Dean May QB Louisville
6 165 Rowland Tatum -- Ohio State
7 194 Bernard Carvalho -- Hawaii
8 221 Ronnie Landry -- McNeese State
9 250 Jim Boyle T Tulane
10 277 John Chesley TE Oklahoma State
11 306 Bud Brown DB Southern Mississippi
12 320 William Devane -- Clemson
12 333 Mike Weingrad -- Illinois

1983
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 27 Dan Marino QB Pittsburgh
2 55 Mike Charles NT Syracuse
3 76 Charles Benson DE Baylor
6 167 Reggie Roby P Iowa
7 195 Keith Woetzel -- Rutgers
8 223 Mark Clayton WR Louisville
9 250 Mark Brown LB Purdue
10 278 Anthony Reed -- South Carolina State
11 306 Joe Lukens -- Ohio State
12 334 Anthony Carter WR Michigan

1982
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 24 Roy Foster G USC
2 52 Mark Duper WR Northwestern State-Louisiana
3 80 Paul Lankford DB Penn State
4 108 Charles Bowser LB Duke
5 120 Bob Nelson NT Miami (Fla.)
5 136 Rich Diana RB Yale
6 161 Tom Tutson DB South Carolina State
6 164 Ron Hester LB Florida State
7 170 Dan Johnson TE Iowa State
7 192 Larry Cowan RB Jackson State
8 220 Tate Randle DB Texas Tech
9 239 Steve Clark NT Utah
9 248 Mack Boatner RB Southeastern Louisiana
10 271 Robin Fisher -- Florida
10 276 Wayne Jones G Utah
11 303 Gary Crum -- Wyoming
12 331 Mike Rodrigue -- Miami (Fla.)

1981
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 13 David Overstreet RB Oklahoma
2 56 Andra Franklin RB Nebraska
4 84 Sam Greene -- Nevada-Las Vegas
4 96 Brad Wright QB New Mexico
5 126 Ken Poole DE Louisiana-Monroe
5 138 Tommy Vigorito RB Virginia
6 152 Mack Moore DE Texas A&M
6 154 Fulton Walker DB West Virginia
7 179 Michael Daum T Cal Poly-S.L.O.
8 208 William Judson DB South Carolina State
9 235 John Noonan -- Nebraska
10 261 Steve Folsom TE Utah
11 291 Jim Jensen WR Boston U.
12 318 John Alford -- South Carolina State

1980
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 21 Don McNeal DB Alabama
2 48 Dwight Stephenson C Alabama
3 75 Bill Barnett DE Nebraska
4 100 Elmer Bailey WR Minnesota
6 158 Eugene Byrd -- Michigan State
7 185 Joe Rose TE California
8 212 Jeffrey Allen DB California-Davis
8 214 David Woodley QB Louisiana State
9 239 Mark Goodspeed T Nebraska
10 271 Doug Lantz -- Miami (Ohio)
10 272 Ben Long -- South Dakota
10 279 Phil Driscoll -- Minnesota State-Mankato
12 325 Chuck Stone -- North Carolina State

1979
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 24 Jon Giesler T Michigan
2 53 Jeff Toews G Washington
3 61 Tony Nathan RB Alabama
3 63 Mel Land LB Michigan State
3 65 Ronnie Lee T Baylor
4 107 Steve Howell FB Baylor
5 134 Don Bessillieu DB Georgia Tech
6 162 Steve Lindquist -- Nebraska
7 189 Uwe von Schamann K Oklahoma
8 206 Jeff Groth WR Bowling Green State
8 215 Glenn Blackwood DB Texas
9 244 Jeff Weston T Notre Dame
10 258 Jerome Stanton -- Michigan State
10 272 Mike Kozlowski DB Colorado
11 299 Mike Blanton -- Georgia Tech
12 327 Larry Fortner QB Miami (Fla.)

1978
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 51 Guy Benjamin QB Stanford
3 64 Lyman Smith DT Duke
3 81 Jimmy Cefalo WR Penn State
4 93 Gerald Small DB San Jose State
4 106 Eric Laakso T Tulane
5 111 Ted Burgmeier DB Notre Dame
6 163 Doug Betters DE Nevada-Reno
7 178 Karl Baldischwiler T Oklahoma
7 190 Lloyd Henry -- Truman State
8 217 Sean Clancy LB Amherst
9 247 Bruce Hardy TE Arizona State
10 274 Mark Dennard C Texas A&M
12 331 Mike Moore -- Middle Tennessee State
12 333 Bill Kenney QB Northern Colorado

1977
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 13 A.J. Duhe LB Louisiana State
2 40 Bob Baumhower NT Alabama
3 71 Mike Watson T Miami (Ohio)
5 113 Mike Michel P Stanford
5 123 Leroy Harris RB Arkansas State
7 180 Bruce Herron LB New Mexico
8 207 Horace Perkins DB Colorado
9 237 Robert Turner RB Oklahoma State
10 264 Mark Carter -- Eastern Michigan
11 291 John Alexander DE Rutgers
12 321 Terry Anderson WR Bethune-Cookman

1976
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 17 Larry Gordon LB Arizona State
1 19 Kim Bokamper DE San Jose State
2 49 Loaird McCreary TE Tennessee State
3 80 Duriel Harris WR New Mexico State
4 98 Mel Mitchell G Tennessee State
6 174 Gary Davis RB Cal Poly-S.L.O.
7 185 Joe Ingersoll -- Nevada-Las Vegas
7 200 John Owens -- Tennessee State
8 230 Bob Simpson T Colorado
9 257 Norris Thomas DB Southern Mississippi
10 281 Gary Fencik DB Yale
10 282 Don Testerman RB Clemson
11 312 Dexter Pride -- Minnesota
12 339 Randy Young T Iowa State
12 342 Darryl Brandford -- Northwestern
13 366 Bernie Head -- Tulsa
14 396 Bob Gissler -- South Dakota State
15 423 Ron Holmes -- Utah State
16 450 Mike Green -- Ohio U.
17 480 Jeff Grantz -- South Carolina

1975
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 23 Darryl Carlton T Tampa
2 36 Freddie Solomon WR Tampa
2 49 Stan Winfrey RB Arkansas State
3 75 Gerald Hill -- Houston
4 100 Bruce Elia LB Ohio State
5 106 Morris Owens WR Arizona State
5 127 Barry Hill DB Iowa State
6 143 Steve Towle LB Kansas
7 179 Phillip Kent -- Baylor
8 205 Barney Crawford -- Harding
9 231 James Wilson -- Clark Atlanta
10 239 Clyde Russell -- Oklahoma
10 256 Joe Jackson -- Penn State
10 257 Joe Danelo K Washington State
11 283 John Dilworth -- Northwestern State-Louisiana
12 309 Joe Yancey -- Henderson State
13 334 Leonard Isabell -- Tulsa
14 339 James Lewis -- Tennessee State
14 361 John Graham -- Colorado State
15 387 Skip Johns -- Carson-Newman
16 413 Vernon Smith -- Georgia
17 439 Dwaine Copeland -- Middle Tennessee State

1974
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 26 Don Reese DE Jackson State
2 38 Andre Tillman TE Texas Tech
2 47 Benny Malone RB Arizona State
2 52 Jeris White DB Hawaii
3 78 Nat Moore WR Florida
4 104 Bill Stevenson -- Drake
5 130 Cleveland Vann -- Oklahoma State
6 136 Randy Crowder DT Penn State
6 156 Bob Wolfe -- Nebraska
7 164 Carl Swierc -- Rice
7 182 Joe Sullivan -- Boston College
8 208 Melvin Baker WR Texas Southern
9 212 Tom Wickert T Washington State
9 234 Bob Lally LB Cornell
10 260 Gary Valbuena -- Tennessee
11 286 Gerry Roberts -- UCLA
12 312 Jim Revels -- Florida
13 338 Clayton Heath RB Wake Forest
14 364 Sam Johnson -- Arizona State
15 390 Larry Cates -- Western Michigan
16 416 Jessie Wolf -- Prairie View A&M
17 442 Ken Dickerson -- Tuskegee

1973
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 52 Chuck Bradley TE Oregon
3 78 Leon Gray T Jackson State
4 104 Bo Rather WR Michigan
5 111 Don Strock QB Virginia Tech
5 130 Dave McCurry DB Iowa State
6 156 Ed Newman G Duke
7 160 Kevin Reilly LB Villanova
7 163 Ben Shepherd -- Arkansas Tech
7 178 Willie Hatter -- Northern Illinois
7 182 Tom Smith RB Miami (Fla.)
8 208 Archie Pearmon -- Northeastern State (Okla.)
9 234 Karl Lorch DE USC
10 260 Ron Fernandes DE Eastern Michigan
11 286 Chris Kete -- Boston College
12 312 Mike Mullen -- Tulane
13 338 Joe Booker -- Miami (Ohio)
14 364 Greg Boyd RB Arizona
15 389 Bill Palmer -- St. Thomas
16 416 James Jackson -- Norfolk State
17 442 Charlie Wade WR Tennessee State

1972
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 25 Mike Kadish DT Notre Dame
3 77 Gary Kosins RB Dayton
4 91 Larry Ball LB Louisville
4 103 Al Benton -- Ohio U.
5 129 Charlie Babb DB Memphis
6 155 Ray Nettles -- Tennessee
7 161 Bill Adams G Holy Cross
7 180 Calvin Harrell -- Arkansas State
8 207 Craig Curry -- Minnesota
9 233 Greg Johnson -- Wisconsin
11 285 Ed Jenkins WR Holy Cross
12 311 Ashley Bell -- Purdue
13 337 Archie Robinson -- Hillsdale
14 362 Willie Jones -- Tampa
15 389 Bill Davis -- William & Mary
16 415 Al Hannah -- Wisconsin
17 441 Vern Brown -- Western Michigan

1971
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 47 Otto Stowe WR Iowa State
3 74 Dale Farley LB West Virginia
4 99 Joe Theismann QB Notre Dame
6 151 Dennis Coleman LB Mississippi
7 178 Ron Dickerson -- Kansas State
9 230 Vern Den Herder DE Central Coll. (Iowa)
10 255 Ron Maree -- Purdue
11 282 Vic Surma -- Penn State
12 307 Leroy Byars -- Alcorn State
13 333 Lonnie Hepburn DB Texas Southern
14 359 David Vaughn -- Memphis
15 386 Bob Richards -- California
16 410 Chris Myers -- Kenyon
17 437 Curt Mark -- Mayville State (ND)

1970
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
2 29 Jim Mandich TE Michigan
3 55 Tim Foley DB Purdue
4 81 Curtis Johnson DB Toledo
6 133 Dave Campbell -- Auburn
7 159 Jake Scott DB Georgia
8 185 Narvel Chavers -- Jackson State
9 211 Hubert Ginn RB Florida A&M
10 237 Dick Nittenger -- Tampa
11 263 uplicate) Wheless -- Rice
12 289 Mike Kolen LB Auburn
13 315 Dave Buddington -- Springfield
14 341 Gary Brackett -- Holy Cross
15 367 Pat Hauser -- East Tennessee State
16 393 Charles Williams -- Tennessee State
17 419 George Myles -- Morris Brown

1969
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 11 Bill Stanfill DE Georgia
2 37 Bob Heinz DT U. of Pacific
3 63 Mercury Morris RB West Texas A&M
4 89 Norm McBride DE Utah
5 115 Willie Pearson DB North Carolina A&T
5 128 Karl Kremser K Tennessee
6 141 Ed Tuck -- Notre Dame
7 167 John Eagan -- Boston College
7 174 John Kulka -- Penn State
8 193 Bruce Weistein -- Yale
9 219 Jesse Powell LB West Texas A&M
10 245 Jim Mertens TE Fairmont State
11 271 Mike Berdis -- North Dakota State
12 297 Dale McCullers LB Florida State
13 323 Amos Ayres -- Arkansas-Pine Bluff
14 349 Glenn Thompson -- Troy State
15 375 Chick McGeehan -- Tennessee
16 401 Lloyd Mumphord DB Texas Southern
17 427 Tom Krallman -- Xavier (Ohio)

1968
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 8 Larry Csonka RB Syracuse
1 27 Doug Crusan T Indiana
2 35 Jimmy Keyes LB Mississippi
2 54 Jim Cox TE Miami (Fla.)
3 62 Jim Urbanek DT Mississippi
3 73 Dick Anderson DB Colorado
5 118 Jim Kiick RB Wyoming
6 142 Kim Hammond QB Florida State
6 146 Jimmy Hines WR Texas Southern
7 172 John Boynton T Tennessee
8 217 Randy Edmunds LB Georgia Tech
9 226 Sam McDowell -- Missouri State
9 240 Tom Paciorek -- Houston
10 253 Joe Mirto -- Miami (Fla.)
11 280 Cornelius Cooper -- Prairie View A&M
12 307 Paul Paxton -- Akron
13 334 Bob Joswick DE Tulsa
14 362 Ray Blunk -- Xavier (Ohio)
15 388 Ken Corbin -- Miami (Fla.)
16 416 Henry Still -- Bethune-Cookman
17 442 Bill Nemeth -- Arizona

1967
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 4 Bob Griese QB Purdue
2 29 Jim Riley DE Oklahoma
4 84 Bob Greenlee -- Yale
5 129 Gary Tucker RB Tennessee-Chattanooga
6 138 Bud Norris -- Washington State
7 163 Larry Seiple TE Kentucky
9 216 John Richardson DT UCLA
10 241 Tom Beier DB Miami (Fla.)
11 266 Jack Pyburn T Texas A&M
12 294 Stan Juk -- South Carolina
12 295 Jim Whitaker -- Missouri
14 344 Charlie Stikes -- Kent State
15 372 Jake Ferro -- Youngstown State
16 397 Maurice Calhoun -- Central State (Ohio)
17 422 Larry Kissam -- Florida State

1966
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
Jon Brittenum QB Arkansas
Rick Norton QB Kentucky
John Roderick WR Southern Methodist
Doug Moreau TE Louisiana State
Sam Price RB Illinois
Bob Petrella DB Tennessee
Jack Clancy WR Michigan
Frank Emanuel LB Tennessee
Bill Darnall WR North Carolina
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BlameItOnTheHenne · May 7, 2012

Brandon Fields saved that 2007 draft. LMAO

MonstBlitz · May 7, 2012

2006 was a real smell.

BlameItOnTheHenne · May 7, 2012

MonstBlitz said:

2006 was a real smell.
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The Saban drafts may be WOAT.

byroan · May 7, 2012

BlameItOnTheHenne said:

Brandon Fields saved that 2007 draft. LMAO
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Soliai was in that draft.

Outside of the #1 pick in the draft, 2008 was bad. 2003 and 2000 were bad as well. You have to get more than 1 decent player out of a draft.

jw3102 · May 7, 2012

The 1967-1970 drafts were the most productive drafts in Dolphin history. The core players on the Dolphin teams which went to three straight SB's, winning two of them were selected in these drafts or were picked up in free agency during this time period.

On the reverse side of things, the Dolphins have been terrible on draft days since 1999. The lack of quality starters drafted in the last dozen years is the reason the Dolphins have done so poorly over this time period. There has been only pro bowl quality player drafted over this entire period and that has been, Jake Long. I would have to say that the worst draft of all these dozen years was 2006. Jason Allen never was able to become a productive starter for the Dolphins as their first round draft selection and no other player from that draft ever contributed in a positive manner to the Dolphin team on the playing field.

Ohio Fanatic · May 7, 2012

easy to just immediately cut to 96/97 before you even start reading for "best draft" nothing after that is really worth very much.

and how god-awful was the 95 draft? Billy-friggin-Milner. I remember Dolphin digest that summer. they thought they were getting another Richmond Webb/Sims combo.

Jcouch1021 · May 7, 2012

Wow, looking at them all our drafts in the past decade just depressed me...

HardKoreXXX · May 7, 2012

byroan said:

Soliai was in that draft.

Outside of the #1 pick in the draft, 2008 was bad. 2003 and 2000 were bad as well. You have to get more than 1 decent player out of a draft.
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2008 was bad. When you're picking at the top of each round, and have essentially 2 first Round picks, you need more than one starter from that draft. We have 1 guy left on the team from that draft. Horrible.

Then again, most of the drafts the last 10 years have been pretty poor.

Aquafin · May 7, 2012

WITHOUT A DOUBT THE 2003 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 AND 2009 ARE THE LEAT APEALLING TO ME AND ONLY ONE PLAYER IN THE 2002 DRAFT has made a impact and he is in San Diegoas the # 2 tightend . nobody in 04 or 06 stand out to me.

padre31 · May 7, 2012

HardKoreXXX said:

2008 was bad. When you're picking at the top of each round, and have essentially 2 first Round picks, you need more than one starter from that draft. We have 1 guy left on the team from that draft. Horrible.

Then again, most of the drafts the last 10 years have been pretty poor.
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To be balanced, Langford played well for us and left due the $$$ not the usual "quietly waived" status ala Jason Allen or Matt Roth

MrClean · May 7, 2012

1966
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
Jon Brittenum QB Arkansas
Rick Norton QB Kentucky
John Roderick WR Southern Methodist
Doug Moreau TE Louisiana State
Sam Price RB Illinois
Bob Petrella DB Tennessee
Jack Clancy WR Michigan
Frank Emanuel LB Tennessee
Bill Darnall WR North Carolina
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Where did you get this? It doesn't look correct to me.
The Dolphins first draft pick in 1966 in the days before the common draft, was Jim Grabowski. He signed with the Packers, who also drafted him in the NFL draft, as opposed to the AFL draft that we took him in.

Here is the complete 1966 draft for Miami and as I suspected we never ever drafted Jon Brittenum.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/mia/1966_draft.htm

EDIT: I stand partially corrected. As the link shows Miami did not draft Brittenum and a couple of those other players in the regular 1966 draft. However I had forgotten that for two years, 1965 and 66, the AFL held what was called the Redshirt Draft, which allowed them to draft college redshirts while they still were playing. That's how we got Jack Clancy, who was the first really good wide receiver we ever had. Miami participated in only the 66 Redshirt Draft, and here are the players they took. Brittenum was an 8th rounder, but in his rookie season of 1968 he only ever played for the Chargers.

Miami Dolphins
1. Roderick, John, E, SMU
2. Fulford, Harold, E, Auburn
3. Clancy, Jack, E, Michigan
4. Mankins, Jim, FB, Florida
5. Greenlee, Fritz, E, Arizona
6. Darnell, Bill, DB, North Carolina
7. Williams, Don, DT, Wofford
8. Brittenum, Jon, QB, Arkansas
9. Baynham, Craig, E, Georgia Tech
10. Winkler, Randy, T, Tarleton State
11. Anderson, Kai, C, Illinois

bakedmatt · May 7, 2012

1995. Lol.

MonstBlitz · May 7, 2012

It's also sad to know that even if this latest draft by Ireland was a good one, a very good percentage of these guys we are all so high on right now will be nothing more than names on a list just like so many of these after a few years.

GridIronKing34 · May 7, 2012

MonstBlitz said:

It's also sad to know that even if this latest draft by Ireland was a good one, a very good percentage of these guys we are all so high on right now will be nothing more than names on a list just like so many of these after a few years.
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Go look back at any other GM's drafts and you'll see the same thing.

Daben · May 7, 2012

Lots of horrible drafts. I would offer an extra detail tho, most influential single pick. We take Thurman Thomas instead of Eric Kumerow in 1988 and the Dolphins vs Bills dynamic of the following decade is turned on its head.

If i get my hands on a time machine I'm changing the name handed in right there, before going back further in time to watch the Dock Ellis LSD no hitter. Only then do I worry about lottery numbers etc.

Ohio Fanatic · May 7, 2012

Daben said:

Lots of horrible drafts. I would offer an extra detail tho, most influential single pick. We take Thurman Thomas instead of Eric Kumerow in 1988 and the Dolphins vs Bills dynamic of the following decade is turned on its head.

If i get my hands on a time machine I'm changing the name handed in right there, before going back further in time to watch the Dock Ellis LSD no hitter. Only then do I worry about lottery numbers etc.
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yes, but then we have no Kumerow! unthinkable.

Daben · May 7, 2012

Ohio Fanatic said:

yes, but then we have no Kumerow! unthinkable.
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Nobody ever really has Kumerow, Kumerow is beyond being aligned with a single team. There is only Kumerow. So whether we select Kumerow or not, we are all Kumerow and nobody is Kumerow, and forever Kumerow. All hail the Kumerow.

gunn34 · May 7, 2012

I think the 72 and 73 drafts were the worst.

Paul 13 · May 7, 2012

MrClean said:

Where did you get this? It doesn't look correct to me.
The Dolphins first draft pick in 1966 in the days before the common draft, was Jim Grabowski. He signed with the Packers, who also drafted him in the NFL draft, as opposed to the AFL draft that we took him in.

Here is the complete 1966 draft for Miami and as I suspected we never ever drafted Jon Brittenum.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/mia/1966_draft.htm

EDIT: I stand partially corrected. As the link shows Miami did not draft Brittenum and a couple of those other players in the regular 1966 draft. However I had forgotten that for two years, 1965 and 66, the AFL held what was called the Redshirt Draft, which allowed them to draft college redshirts while they still were playing. That's how we got Jack Clancy, who was the first really good wide receiver we ever had. Miami participated in only the 66 Redshirt Draft, and here are the players they took. Brittenum was an 8th rounder, but in his rookie season of 1968 he only ever played for the Chargers.

Miami Dolphins
1. Roderick, John, E, SMU
2. Fulford, Harold, E, Auburn
3. Clancy, Jack, E, Michigan
4. Mankins, Jim, FB, Florida
5. Greenlee, Fritz, E, Arizona
6. Darnell, Bill, DB, North Carolina
7. Williams, Don, DT, Wofford
8. Brittenum, Jon, QB, Arkansas
9. Baynham, Craig, E, Georgia Tech
10. Winkler, Randy, T, Tarleton State
11. Anderson, Kai, C, Illinois
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I took it straight from the nfl.com website... under history. I guess there is a reason they didn't list a pick # next to each name for 1966. They didn't have computers back then... :shifty:

Paul 13 · May 7, 2012

Daben said:

Lots of horrible drafts. I would offer an extra detail tho, most influential single pick. We take Thurman Thomas instead of Eric Kumerow in 1988 and the Dolphins vs Bills dynamic of the following decade is turned on its head.

If i get my hands on a time machine I'm changing the name handed in right there, before going back further in time to watch the Dock Ellis LSD no hitter. Only then do I worry about lottery numbers etc.
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I was going to get into the whole comparison of who we could have taken, but that is so subjective. One pick changes, and the whole course of events changes after that pick. It's like a course correction within multiple parallel universes. The time space continuum would cease to exist.

Paul 13 · May 7, 2012

Daben said:

Nobody ever really has Kumerow, Kumerow is beyond being aligned with a single team. There is only Kumerow. So whether we select Kumerow or not, we are all Kumerow and nobody is Kumerow, and forever Kumerow. All hail the Kumerow.
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Eddie Blake is relieved.

Zeke0123 · May 7, 2012

the 84 draft looks the worst to me.

dolfan22 · May 7, 2012

Paul 13 said:

Eddie Blake is relieved.
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Earthquake Eddie Blake got in to some big trouble up here. Ran into him a few times and he was a fun guy to be sure ... he backed up his escalade when he blew through a stop sign and turned in front of me , I was in a convertible and called out , 'what are you doing earthquake?" as I recognized him ... he backed up and good naturedly wanted to know how I knew he was "earthquake" which led to the dolphin connection. He was a good guy but a bad guy , unfortunately.

PhinPhanatic · May 7, 2012

OMG that is depressing. The mid 90s through 2010 or so are attrocious (sp) a few gems aside. The side shines on a dogs *** every once in a while.

Adam Strange · May 7, 2012

Saban is often reviled for tucking his tail between his legs and quitting, but his personnel decisions were the most damaging to the team by far. The 2006 draft is right up there for worst of all time, and the 2005 draft is not much better.

Paul 13 · May 7, 2012

Adam Strange said:

Saban is often reviled for tucking his tail between his legs and quitting, but his personnel decisions were the most damaging to the team by far. The 2006 draft is right up there for worst of all time, and the 2005 draft is not much better.
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Kinda makes you wonder what would have happened had he chosen Brees instead of Culpepper. It's not a sure thing that the Dolphins wouldn't be in the position they are currently in.

Adam Strange · May 7, 2012

Paul 13 said:

Kinda makes you wonder what would have happened had he chosen Brees instead of Culpepper. It's not a sure thing that the Dolphins wouldn't be in the position they are currently in.
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Who knows? Having an all-world QB covers for a lot of deficiencies. It certainly would have been the only good move he made. I think he did a fair to good job coaching the talent he had, but his personnel decisions sucked and they sank him in the end.

Finfangirl · May 7, 2012

Best Name for a Dolphin Drafted : Uwe von Schamman

Aquafin · May 7, 2012

this is why i amalways harping on taking the best player avilable innstead of taking just for need and i am convinced that this is why our drafts are so dull and predictable.

the question I have is why on earth did Dave take inemen Seth McKinney , Wade Smith and the other kid ? those linemen gave offensive linemen a bad name

taking Pat White was pretty stupid but the killer for me is linebacker Eddie freaking Moore I'm still having nightmares over that pick

VanDolPhan · May 7, 2012

byroan said:

Outside of the #1 pick in the draft, 2008 was bad.
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Really? Best LT in the game despite last years injury woes, Kendall Langford who only isn't here because of $$$'s. St Louis got a Randy Starks type signing there. Plus we also got Davone Bess/Dan Carpenter out of undrafted and stole Nate Garner (7th rounder) off waivers when the Jets tried to sneak him to the practice squad. So 3 starters and 2 spot starters/valuable depth out of that draft.

MonstBlitz · May 7, 2012

GridIronKing34 said:

Go look back at any other GM's drafts and you'll see the same thing.
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Exactly my point. It wasn't a shot at Ireland. Even the best draft classes by a team almost always are half misses. It's just sad to know some of these kids that we're all reading about, learning about, watching, hearing interviews, etc. aren't going to make it.

MrClean · May 7, 2012

For a draft that was very good at identifying NFL talent throughout, the 1993 class was very good. Even if not all of it was for the benefit of the Dolphins.
1993
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 25 O.J. McDuffie WR Penn State: We all know or should know how he did for Miami. 116 games played and 415 catches.
3 78 Terry Kirby RB Virginia: Kirby managed to play ten seasons, 110 games, with 4 teams and had over 6k total yards.
4 105 Ronnie Bradford CB Colorado: He never played for us and I do not recall why, but he lasted ten yrs and started 100 games and played 133 in the NFL, and has been coaching ever since.
5 132 Chris Gray G Auburn: He played 230 games and 15 yrs in the league, though mostly with Seattle. A solid player we let get away far too soon.
6 164 Robert O'Neal FS Clemson: He was the least successful, only lasting 2 seasons with 2 games played, but he was a well regarded player leading up to the draft. He also never played with Miami.
7 191 David Merritt LB North Carolina State: He played 38 games in 3 seasons, got into coaching in 1997 and has been the NY Giants DBs coach since 2004.
8 218 Dwayne Gordon LB New Hampshire: He played 8 seasons and 113 games with 3 teams, though never with Miami.
I guess this draft would be called bittersweet. We drafted solid talent with NFL ability throughout, though other than OJ McDuffie, and for a short time Kirby, the rest of them turned out to benefit other teams.
I'd bet if you added up total games played for this class and divided it by the number of players, few if any of our drafts had a higher ratio of games played per draft pick than this one.

Alex44 · May 7, 2012

Daben said:

Lots of horrible drafts. I would offer an extra detail tho, most influential single pick. We take Thurman Thomas instead of Eric Kumerow in 1988 and the Dolphins vs Bills dynamic of the following decade is turned on its head.

If i get my hands on a time machine I'm changing the name handed in right there, before going back further in time to watch the Dock Ellis LSD no hitter. Only then do I worry about lottery numbers etc.
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I'm calling BS on the LSD no hitter. I believe he took LSD that day, but the way he describes it is a bit unrealistic. A good/great acid trip length wise is 6-10 hours. However visual effects usually wear of halfway or less through the trip. So if the game started at 6:05 I have a hard time believing he was still having the visual effects he described. It would have to be some SERIOUSLY potent stuff.

anthony0187 · May 7, 2012

2006 was hideous.

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anthony0187 · May 7, 2012

It's also really pathetic how bad the drafts were when Marino was there, they couldn't draft a decent RB in all those years? They did get some nice OL and defensive players though.

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MAFishFan · May 8, 2012

This one kills me
1992
RD SEL # PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL
1 7 Troy Vincent CB Wisconsin
1 12 Marco Coleman DE Georgia Tech
2 43 Eddie Blake NT Auburn
3 70 Larry Webster DE Maryland
4 97 Dwight Hollier ILB North Carolina
5 124 Chris Perez -- Kansas
6 155 Roosevelt Collins LB Texas Christian
7 191 Dave Moore TE Pittsburgh
8 209 Andre Powell LB Penn State
9 236 Tony Tellington -- Youngstown State
10 267 Raoul Spears -- USC
11 294 Lee Miles -- Baylor
11 296 Mark Barsotti -- Fresno State
12 321 Milton Biggins -- Western Kentucky
12 328 Kameno Bell -- Illinois

Not being able to hold onto Vincent and Coleman sucked. And the post Marino drafts, good lord. It's funny to look back on them. Saban and Wanny and Tuna get killed for their drafts, but it's not like Miami was hitting home runs before them. One "SERVICABLE" runningback and a LB that could cover a RB. That's all it would have taken. That was a depressing exercise. Cross was a steal that late in the draft though.

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