{"id":189258,"date":"2026-03-12T21:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189258\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:39:11","slug":"miami-native-tutu-atwell-agrees-to-1-year-deal-with-dolphins-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189258\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami native Tutu Atwell agrees to 1-year deal with Dolphins, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI GARDENS, Fla.  \u2014 The Miami Dolphins added two players Thursday afternoon, agreeing to terms with wide receiver Tutu Atwell and cornerback Marco Wilson, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2032188904506310817\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2032188904506310817\">ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Schefter confirmed that Atwell agreed to a one-year contract with the Dolphins, though the terms were not immediately disclosed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Atwell, 26, a Miami native, was selected in the second round of the 2021 draft by the Los Angeles Rams and spent his first five seasons with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Atwell played his high school football at Miami Northwestern Senior High School, where he was a four-year starter and star quarterback for the Bulls, leading them to a 6A state championship and earning Miami-Dade County Player of the Year honors in 2017 before transitioning to wide receiver at the University of Louisville. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He played in 10 games for the Rams in 2025, recording six catches for 192 yards and one touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Over 64 career games, including 27 starts, Atwell has totaled 105 receptions for 1,535 yards and five touchdowns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wilson, 27, appeared in four games last season for the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A fourth-round pick in 2021, he has played in 64 career games, recording three interceptions and 20 passes defensed. The terms of his deal have not yet been announced. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The team also announced the addition of cornerback Darrell Baker Jr., who has appeared in 51 career games with 25 starts in four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts (2022-23) and Tennessee Titans (2024-25).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami also added edge rusher Josh Uche as an unrestricted free agent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Uche has appeared in 76 career games with four starts in six seasons with the New England Patriots (2020-24), the Kansas City Chiefs (2024) and the Philadelphia Eagles (2025). He has totaled 105 tackles (77 solo), 21.5 sacks, one pass defensed, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Dolphins also signed cornerback Alex Austin, who has appeared in 29 career games with six starts in three seasons with the Houston Texans (2023) and the Patriots (2023-25), recording 27 tackles (22 solo), one interception and eight passes defensed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 The Miami Dolphins added two players Thursday afternoon, agreeing to terms with wide receiver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-189258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189258","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=189258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}