{"id":520107,"date":"2026-03-13T00:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520107\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:14:08","slug":"dolphins-sign-wide-receiver-tutu-atwell-in-2026-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520107\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins sign wide receiver Tutu Atwell in 2026 free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Miami Dolphins are adding another veteran player in the NFL\u2019s 2026 free agency period. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2032188904506310817\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter<\/a>, Miami has agreed to terms on a one-year contract with wide receiver Tutu Atwell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A Miami native who attended Miami Northwestern High School, Atwell played college football at Louisville. He was selected in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft, joining the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">He has spent all five years with the Rams, appearing in 64 games with 27 starts over that span. He has caught 105 passes for 1,535 yards with five touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Coming off the 2024 season, when he set career highs in receptions with 42 and yards with 562, Atwell signed a one-year, $10 million contract with the Rams. He was limited to just 10 games played last year, catching six passes for 192 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Atwell will turn 27 during the season.<\/p>\n<p>What are the contract details?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As with most of the contracts the Dolphins are signing this year, the deal with Atwell is a one-year contract. No compensation was reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins are adding another veteran player in the NFL\u2019s 2026 free agency period. According to ESPN\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,234864,228596,398,396,397,116384,99],"class_list":["post-520107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-miami-dolphins-free-agency","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}