NFL teams can invite as many as 30 players to their headquarters for predraft visits, and those visits sometimes offer hints about a team’s intentions.
Here, in one place, are the 23 visitors whose names have leaked and have been confirmed. (There have been others reported that have been unconfirmed or inaccurate.) Remember, a bunch of players from UM visited the Dolphins but do not count as 30 visits and are thus not listed.
▪ Quarterbacks: Alabama’s Tyler Simpson, Penn State’s Drew Allar, Arkansas’ Taylen Green, Kansas’ Jalon Daniels and Iowa’s Mark Gronowski.
Even if Simpson is available when Miami picks 30th, ESPN’s Adam Schefter said he doubts the Dolphins will select him. It’s one thing to use a third-round pick on a quarterback after guaranteeing $45 million to Malik Willis; it’s quite another to use a first-round pick on one when there are so many needs on the roster.
Allar would be an interesting option with one of the Dolphins’ four picks in the second half of the third round or potentially the Dolphins’ fourth-round pick at 130, if he’s still available.
The Athletic’s Dane Brugler said Allar “can drive the ball with ease and generally makes sound decisions, although issues pop up when he is late to pull the trigger. He tends to get overly conservative with his reads… He has NFL starting-caliber physical tools.”
Green, a dual-threat quarterback, played for new Dolphins quarterbacks coach Bush Hamden at Arkansas. He possesses enticing NFL attributes — size (6-6), a strong build at 227 pounds, and speed (a 4.36 in the 40). He ran for 777 yards (on 5.6 per carry) and eight touchdowns in 2025 but must improve as a passer (19 TDs, 11 interceptions, 61% completion rate last season).
“He has a long, unorthodox delivery and tends to baby too many throws,” NFL. com’s Lance Zierlein said. “He puts the ball in harm’s way at an alarming rate.”
UM’s Carson Beck also has visited the Dolphins but he doesn’t count as a 30 visit because he attended school locally.
▪ Offensive linemen: Texas A&M guard Chase Bisontis and Arizona State tackle Max Iheanachor. It’s iffy if Bisontis will be available at 43 and questionable if Iheanachor will be on the board at 30.
Bisontis can play either guard spot or right tackle. ESPN’s Field Yates mocks him 37th, six spots before Miami’s second-round pick at 43. NFL Network’s Charles Davis said he’s an immediate NFL starter because of his movement skills.
Iheanachor did not allow a sack last season but it probably would be a stretch to think he can play guard before right tackle Austin Jackson moves on, potentially in a year or two.
▪ Receivers: Southern Cal’s Makai Lemon (an option at 11), Texas A&M’s KC Concepcion (an option at 30), Washington’s Denzel Boston (an option at 30 if he’s still available), Georgia State’s Ted Hurst (an option with one of Miami’s four third-round picks) and Cincinnati’s Cyrus Allen (a potential mid-round pick).
Lemon is highly productive (79 catches for 1,156 yards and 11 touchdowns last season) and an ace at yards after catch but would be a bit of a surprising pick at 11 because 1). He has a slot receiver’s build at 5-11 and 2). ESPN reported teams weren’t impressed in his interviews, in part because he had difficulty explaining USC’s offense.
Boston, who has had repeated contact with Miami, has the look of a true No. 1 receiver. At 6-4, Boston caught 62 passes for 881 yards last season (14.2 per catch) and tied for ninth in FBS with 11 receiving TDs, giving him 20 scores during the past two seasons. What’s more, he dropped only four of 209 career targets while catching 132 in four years.
Hurst also has good speed and size (6-4) and high-level production — 71 receptions for 1,004 yards last season and has 15 touchdowns in two years at Georgia State.
Zierlein said Concepcion, 6-0, “offers immediate burst and separation into space [which] should be very appealing to teams with spotty protection and a young quarterback.” But he dropped seven passes last season. ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky said Concepcion is very similar to Jaylen Waddle.
▪ Running backs: Indiana’s Kaelon Black helped anchor the national champion Hoosiers’ ground game last season, rushing 186 times for 1,040 yards (5.6 per carry) and 10 touchdowns.
He rushed for 79 yards, including a 20-yard rush on third-and-7 to extend a touchdown drive, in Indiana’s 27–21 win against UM in the national championship game. He has a fall-forward running style that appeals to teams. Miami likely will bring in competition for Jaylen Wright and Ollie Gordon II as backups to De’Von Achane.
▪ Tight ends: North Carolina State’s Justin Joly, a potential fourth-round option. At 6-3 and 241 pounds, he caught 49 passes for 489 yards and seven touchdowns last season, his second there after two years at Connecticut.
The Dolphins have five tight ends under contract, but only Greg Dulcich is essentially assured a roster spot. Asked by ESPN’s Kevin Clark to name the player he’s most excited to see take a leap in 2026, GM Jon-Eric Sullivan said “Dulcich. He had a really good back end to the season, I want to see if he can build on that; that’s why we brought him back.” .
▪ Edge players: Missouri’s Zion Young, who is considered one of the most complete edge players in this draft, and UCF’s Malachi Lawrence.
Pro Football Focus rated Young the 11th-best run defender (one spot ahead of UM’s Rueben Bain Jr.) among 871 FBS edge players last season. He also had 6.5 sacks and 56 pressures and boosted his pass rush win rate to 17%, which is very good. Pick 11 is probably too high, but he could be gone by 30.
Evaluators believe Lawrence will be an effective NFL pass rusher; the question is whether he can become an everydown player or more of a pass-rush specialist.
The Dolphins also brought in Bain (chance he could slip to 11th) and Akheem Mesidor, who could be an option at No. 30 if he’s on the board.
▪ Defensive tackles: Ohio State’s Kayden McDonald, Louisville’s Rene Konga and Georgia’s Christen Miller.
McDonald and Miller are disruptive run stuffers who could be options at 43, though Sullivan said he’s generally happy with what Miami has at the position. Sullivan and coach Jeff Hafley have both praised 2025 first-round Kenneth Grant. The 300-pound Konga is a possible third-day pick.
▪ Cornerbacks: LSU’s Mansoor Delane, who visited team headquarters last week, has repeatedly been linked to Miami at 11 and would make a lot of sense. Last season, he allowed an incredible 27 passer rating in his coverage area and permitted just 28% of passes in his coverage area to be caught (third best in FBS).
Stephen F. Austin’s Charles Demmings, a 6-1 corner with four interceptions last season, also visited and is a potential mid-round pick.
▪ Safeties: Toledo’s Emmanuel McNeil-Warren (a potential option at 30) and LSU’s A.J. Haulcy (an option at 43).
An exceptional run defender, McNeil-Warren had 12 pass breakouts and five interceptions over the past three seasons and in 2025 was named a third-team Associated Press All-American. He also had three forced fumbles in 2025 and 10 in four years at Toledo.
Though McNeil-Warren has been widely projected in mocks to go in the 20s, NFL Network’s Jeremiah — who is one of his biggest fans — said several teams have told him that he will fall to the second round. Whether he slips to 43 is questionable.
Haulcy has five interceptions for Houston in 2024 and three for LSU in 2025.
Here’s a look at the final mock drafts of prominent national reporters/evaluators/draftniks, and who they project to the Dolphins at 11, 30, 43 and four picks in the third round.
This story was originally published April 22, 2026 at 9:32 AM.
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Barry Jackson has written for the Miami Herald since 1986 and has written the Florida Sports Buzz column since 2002.