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2022 Positional Preview – Wide Receivers

2022 Positional Preview – Wide Receivers


We’re just one month away from the start of Dolphins training camp. As we approach the kickoff to the 2022 season, Dolphins.com will be taking a look at each position group, breaking down the players who make up the Dolphins 90-man roster. Here’s the first of our position preview series featuring the team’s wide receivers:

#3 LYNN BOWDEN JR.
5-11 | 197 | Kentucky ’20

Bowden enters his third NFL season after joining the Dolphins in a trade from Las Vegas on Sept. 5, 2020. A former third-round pick by the Raiders earlier that year, Bowden played a big role for the Dolphins offense down the stretch in the 2020 season, catching 27 passes for 212 yards (7.9 avg.) in the final five games. He missed the 2021 season due to injury.

#10 TYREEK HILL
5-10 | 185 | West Alabama ’16

The Dolphins acquired the playmaking Hill in a trade with Kansas City this offseason. His explosiveness has been on display his entire career, earning a Pro Bowl selection in all six of his NFL seasons. Hill had a career-high 111 receptions for the Chiefs in 2021 and was second in the NFL with 15 touchdown receptions in 2020. He’s also dynamic on special teams, totaling five career touchdowns on returns. Hill has been selected first-team All-Pro three times (2016, 2018, 2020) and was named to the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade team as a punt returner.

#11 CEDRICK WILSON JR.
6-2 | 195 | Boise State ’18

Wilson joined the Dolphins this offseason as an unrestricted free agent from Dallas, where he played his first four NFL seasons. He had a breakout season in 2021, totaling 45 receptions for 602 yards (13.4 avg.) and six touchdowns as Dallas won 12 games and the NFC East. Wilson’s father, Cedrick Wilson Sr., played seven NFL seasons as a wide receiver for San Francisco (2001-04) and Pittsburgh (2005-07) and won Super Bowl XL with the Steelers.

#14 TRENT SHERFIELD
6-1 | 219 | Vanderbilt ’18

Sherfield was another offseason addition to Miami’s wide receiver room as an unrestricted free agent signing from San Francisco. He…

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