Miami Dolphins: Top 5 Non-First Round Draft Picks Since 1990

In recent years the Miami Dolphins draft has been at its best outside the first round. Who are the franchise’s five best non-first round picks?

If you’re a consistent reader of mine, you know that last month I talked about the Miami Dolphins best and worst first round picks since 1990. There were some truly terrible picks in the bottom five, and some all-time great ones at the top. But the best Miami Dolphins draft work over the years has come outside of the first round.

First round picks get the lion’s share of the publicity, and rightly so. But if you’re not able to win in the middle and late rounds of the NFL Draft, your team is going to struggle. Every year there are a ton of gems sitting outside the top 32 picks, if you have the wherewithal to find them. The Dolphins have been hit-or-miss over the years with their mid-round selections, but these five guys represent some of the best in the history of the league, along with one budding all-star.

Jason Taylor, a third-round pick in 1997 out of Akron University, is an obvious choice for the top spot on this list. Taylor is currently seventh on the all-time sacks list with 139.5 career sacks, and was just named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Who else makes the list? What other gems has the Miami Dolphins draft been able to uncover over the years? Let’s get the countdown started.