{"id":244132,"date":"2026-04-24T01:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244132\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:58:11","slug":"miami-dolphins-select-alabamas-kadyn-proctor-no-12-overall-in-first-round-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244132\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins select Alabama&#8217;s Kadyn Proctor No. 12 overall in first round of 2026 NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter months of preparation, the Miami Dolphins have their first-round pick.The Miami Dolphins selected University of Alabama offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor as the No. 12 overall pick in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft on Thursday night.The latest: Sports coverage from WPBF 25 NewsA Des Moines, Iowa, native, Proctor is listed at 6-foot-6, 352 pounds. He was a three-year starter with the Crimson Tide and played 15 games at left tackle during the 2025 college football season.Out of high school, he was a 5-star recruit.Miami originally had the No. 11 overall pick but traded for the Dallas Cowboys&#8217; No. 12 pick, No. 177th pick and the No. 18oth pick in this year&#8217;s draft.The Dolphins have overhauled their roster with the exodus of veteran players since the hiring of new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and head coach Jeff Hafley in January.Get the latest sports updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>After months of preparation, the Miami Dolphins have their first-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>The Miami Dolphins selected University of Alabama offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor as the No. 12 overall pick in the first round of the 2026 NFL draft on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The latest: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"AUBURN, ALABAMA - NOVEMBER 29:  Kadyn Proctor #74 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after their 27-20 win over the Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)\" title=\"Alabama v Auburn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e156a474-19d4-41a6-926d-7728b5a9f5fb.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tGetty ImagesKevin C. Cox\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAUBURN, ALABAMA &#8211; NOVEMBER 29:  Kadyn Proctor #74 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after their 27-20 win over the Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium on November 29, 2025 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>A Des Moines, Iowa, native, Proctor is listed at 6-foot-6, 352 pounds. He was a three-year starter with the Crimson Tide and played 15 games at left tackle during the 2025 college football season.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source: Dolphins choose OT Kadyn Proctor out of Alabama<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yianni Kourakis (@WPBF_Yianni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPBF_Yianni\/status\/2047484023132315738?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out of high school, he was a 5-star recruit.<\/p>\n<p>Miami originally had the No. 11 overall pick but traded for the Dallas Cowboys&#8217; No. 12 pick, No. 177th pick and the No. 18oth pick in this year&#8217;s draft.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Twitter.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MARCH 01: Kadyn Proctor #OL41 of Alabama runs the 40-yard dash during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 1, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images)\" title=\"2026 NFL Scouting Combine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2399d848-d7b4-4c74-8e39-baf2a38aa765.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tGetty ImagesCooper Neill\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tINDIANAPOLIS, IN &#8211; MARCH 01: Kadyn Proctor #OL41 of Alabama runs the 40-yard dash during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 1, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Cooper Neill\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins have overhauled their roster with the exodus of veteran players since the hiring of new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and head coach Jeff Hafley in January.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest sports updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After months of preparation, the Miami Dolphins have their first-round pick.The Miami Dolphins selected University of Alabama offensive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[107608,49039,916,107607,5733,107604,88525,123,1763,107603,125,124,104886,107605,46388,55478,8301,107606,189],"class_list":["post-244132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-exodus","tag-first-round","tag-game","tag-head-coach-jeff-hafley","tag-iowa","tag-kadyn-proctor-no","tag-left-tackle","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-dolphins-select-kadyn-proctor-no-12-overall-in-first-round-of-2026-nfl-draft","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-native","tag-newsa-des-moines","tag-nfl-draft","tag-sport-coverage","tag-university","tag-veteran-player","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244132","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=244132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}