{"id":244231,"date":"2026-04-24T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244231\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:31:11","slug":"miami-dolphins-trade-up-to-select-san-diego-states-chris-johnson-in-first-round-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244231\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins trade up to select San Diego State&#8217;s Chris Johnson in first round of 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Miami Dolphins completed the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday with a second pick.The Dolphins selected defensive back Chris Johnson with the No. 27th overall pick near the end of the first round.The latest: Sports coverage from WPBF 25 NewsMiami traded with the San Francisco 49ers for the No. 27 and No. 138 picks. San Francisco received Miami\u2019s 30th and 90th picks.Johnson is listed at 6-feet, 195 pounds from Eastvale, California. He was a four-year member of the San Diego State football program.He finished his career with 152 total tackles, five forced fumbles, six interceptions and 14 pass breakups.He was a starter in the final 23 games of his college football career.Earlier in the night, Miami selected Alabama offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor with the No. 12 overall pick.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>The Miami Dolphins completed the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday with a second pick.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins selected defensive back Chris Johnson with the No. 27th overall pick near the end of the first round.<\/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 at #27 overall the Dolphins choose Chris Johnson, cornerback San Diego State<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yianni Kourakis (@WPBF_Yianni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPBF_Yianni\/status\/2047504823692456182?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/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=\"San Diego, California - November 22: Chris Johnson #1 of San Diego State looks on during their game against San Jose State at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)\" title=\"San Diego State v San Jose State\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/98e958e9-6d56-436d-abbc-de5c247a902d.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tGetty ImagesThe San Diego Union-Tribune\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Diego, California &#8211; November 22: Chris Johnson #1 of San Diego State looks on during their game against San Jose State at Snapdragon Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Miami traded with the San Francisco 49ers for the No. 27 and No. 138 picks. San Francisco received Miami\u2019s 30th and 90th picks.<\/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\">Trade: Dolphins send #30 and #90 to 49ers<\/p>\n<p>Get #27 and #138<\/p>\n<p>Miami on the clock<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yianni Kourakis (@WPBF_Yianni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPBF_Yianni\/status\/2047504007795491160?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson is listed at 6-feet, 195 pounds from Eastvale, California. He was a four-year member of the San Diego State football program.<\/p>\n<p>He finished his career with 152 total tackles, five forced fumbles, six interceptions and 14 pass breakups.<\/p>\n<p>He was a starter in the final 23 games of his college football career.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - FEBRUARY 26: Chris Johnson of the San Diego State Aztecs speaks to the media during the 2026 NFL Draft Combine at the Indiana Convention Center on February 26, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey\/Getty Images)\" title=\"2026 NFL Scouting Combine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f4874c45-d51f-45d2-8d64-b98a837a5fa0.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tGetty ImagesMichael Hickey\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA &#8211; FEBRUARY 26: Chris Johnson of the San Diego State Aztecs speaks to the media during the 2026 NFL Draft Combine at the Indiana Convention Center on February 26, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Hickey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the night, Miami selected Alabama offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor with the No. 12 overall pick.<\/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":"The Miami Dolphins completed the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Thursday with a second pick.The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[107639,107642,4535,62008,107641,49039,123,1763,107637,125,124,46388,7974,40596,19090,107638,107640,1284,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-244231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-27th-overall-pick","9":"tag-6-feet","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-chris-johnson","12":"tag-eastvale","13":"tag-first-round","14":"tag-miami","15":"tag-miami-dolphins","16":"tag-miami-dolphins-trade-up-to-select-chris-johnson-in-first-round-of-2026-nfl-draft","17":"tag-miami-headlines","18":"tag-miami-news","19":"tag-nfl-draft","20":"tag-no","21":"tag-pick","22":"tag-pound","23":"tag-san-diego-state","24":"tag-san-francisco-49er","25":"tag-thursday","26":"tag-wpbf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244231","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=244231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}