Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\nJackson is set to become a free agent in 2027, and rumors have circulated that he could be a trade candidate for new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan. Cutting bait with Jackson, adding draft capital in his place, and replacing him with Mauigoa could make for a major win.<\/p>\n
Mauigoa on the right side, a bookend to Patrick Paul, could help the Miami offensive trenches take on the toughness and physicality that Sullivan and new head coach Jeff Hafley are aiming to create.<\/p>\n
Bottom line<\/p>\n
It’s a slim chance that Mauigoa is still available at No. 11, but the thought of him staying in Miami after three years as a Hurricane is enticing. He played his prep ball at Florida\u2019s powerhouse IMG, so staying in state again is a fun bonus as well.<\/p>\n
Mauigoa won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, which awards the ACC\u2019s best offensive lineman, and he was also First Team All-ACC and a consensus All-American. As consistent as can be, he never missed a game and made 42 straight starts. During Miami\u2019s impressive postseason run, he didn\u2019t allow a single sack and had zero penalties over four games.<\/p>\n
Mauigoa can bring some sorely needed physicality to the Miami offensive line, and he could be a decade-long fixture on the right side should his name not be called in the top 10 picks. That would be a shock and a godsend for the Dolphins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 15, 2026, 7:45 a.m. ET Miami\u2019s Francis Mauigoa is a pure right tackle and a phenomenal pass…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[31,47,123,125,124,10773,10774,298,38718,299,76,2577,442,96,300,75073,92,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-156379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-headlines","12":"tag-miami-news","13":"tag-sstssportsnfldolphins","14":"tag-sstsndolphins","15":"tag-tagamerican-football","16":"tag-tagaustin-jackson","17":"tag-tagcollege-sports","18":"tag-tagmiami","19":"tag-tagmiami-dolphins","20":"tag-tagnfl-hub","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tagtaliese-fuaga","24":"tag-taguniversity-of-miami","25":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}