There’s nothing quite like the first day of school when graduating to an institute of higher learning. The Miami Dolphins will welcome their 2022 rookie class on Tuesday, as the youngsters report to camp. Ironically, these rookies, on their first day of class, will report to a freshman professor.
Ivy-league educated and west-coast football groomed first-year NFL head coach Mike McDaniel will get his first class of pupils to orientate into professional football life. All at the same time, he’s getting assimilated to his new role and a new opportunity to create something great in South Florida.
The 2022 Dolphins rookie class includes a franchise-low of just four selected players and just over a dozen undrafted free agents that will make the first week of camp competitive.
Remember, Miami traded their top two 2022 picks to the Kansas City Chiefs to acquire wide receiver Tyreek Hill, so the 2022 Dolphins class was smaller. Third-round linebacker Channing Tindall, fourth-round wide receiver Erik Ezukanma and a pair of sevenths in linebacker Cameron Goode and quarterback Skylar Thompson round out the names Miami called in May’s Draft.
Throw in the undrafted free agents, and you truly have the beginning of training camp battles, especially at running back, wide receiver, and most importantly, offensive line.
While not a first-round pick, it’s arguable that Tindall has that type of talent. Miami made him their first pick of 2022, but the potential for first-round impact is there. He has electric speed in the middle of the second tier of the defense and will complement Jerome Baker and Elandon Roberts in a group looking for a young heavy-hitter.
Flipping to offense, Miami will be looking to build their running back room, and McDaniel will undoubtedly have tough choices to make. The Dolphins have returning runners Myles Gaskin, Salvon Ahmed and 2021 rookie Gerrid Doaks. However, signing three free agents this offseason in Raheem Mostert, Chase Edmonds and Sony Michel, and inking an undrafted in ZaQuandre White, may indicate the writing is on the wall for Gaskin and Ahmed.
White has a full week to be the apple of his new coach’s eye, as McDaniel specializes in the running scheme. If White impresses early, and when things pick up next week when veterans report, Gaskin and/or Ahmed could be on the chopping block. Gaskin, a seventh-round pick in 2019, holds some trade value if Miami would attempt that route.
Sticking with the skill positions, Ezukanma is a…
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