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2022 Positional Preview – Defensive Line

2022 Positional Preview – Defensive Line


We’re less than 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 fourth of our position preview series featuring the team’s defensive line:

#70 ADAM BUTLER
6-5 | 295 | Vanderbilt ’17

Butler signed with Miami in 2021 after spending the first four years (2017-20) of his career in New England. He’s played in 80 regular-season games and totaled 113 career tackles (63 solo), 17.0 sacks, 12 passes defensed and one forced fumble. He signed with New England as an undrafted college free agent from Vanderbilt in 2017 and was part of the Patriots’ Super Bowl LIII winning team.

#77 JOHN JENKINS
6-3 | 335 | Georgia ’13

Jenkins is in his second stint with the Dolphins, having played for Miami in 2019 and re-joining the squad in 2021. He’s played in 100 career games with 30 starts over nine NFL seasons with New Orleans (2013-16), Seattle (2016), Chicago (2017, 2020), the N.Y. Giants (2018) and Miami (2019, 2021). Jenkins has totaled 192 career tackles (104 solo), 2.5 sacks, four passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.

#90 BEN STILLE
6-4 | 300 | Nebraska ’22

Stille is an undrafted rookie from Nebraska, where he was a three-year starter and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors in each of the past two seasons (2020-21). He played in 53 games at Nebraska, totaling 148 tackles (69 solo) and 14.5 sacks.

#91 EMMANUEL OGBAH
6-4 | 275 | Oklahoma State ’16

Ogbah joined the Dolphins in 2020 after one season in Kansas City, where he helped the Chiefs win Super Bowl LIV. He’s led Miami in sacks in each of his two seasons (2020-21) with the Dolphins, posting 9.0 each year. In 2021, Ogbah also tallied 12 passes defensed, which led all NFL defensive lineman and were third-most by an NFL defensive lineman in the past decade. He began his career as a second-round pick for Cleveland in 2016.

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