gold star for USAHOF

38. Tim Ruddy

Tim Ruddy played his college ball at Notre Dame, and the Miami Dolphins used their Second Round Pick to select him in 1994.

36. Tim Bowens

Tim Bowens played his entire career with the Miami Dolphins, and the former Ole Miss Rebel got off to a great start winning the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1994.

37. Tony Nathan

A National Champion with Alabama in 1978, Tony Nathan was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the Third Round the year after.

43. A.J. Duhe

The rookie season of A.J. Duhe could be argued as the best one of his eight-year career.

There is so much to digest when looking at the career of Ricky Williams, and that was before he got to Miami!

Patrick Surtain was a Second Round Selection from Southern Mississippi but would be used mostly off of the bench in his first two seasons.

It took until this rank before we find a Miami Dolphin who was never an AFL All-Star/Pro Bowl Selection, but that does not mean that Vern Den Herder was not a strong contributor to the team.

The Miami Dolphins were loaded at the Back position with Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, but they had another considerable weapon with Eugene "Mercury" Morris.

31. Jake Long

The Miami Dolphins had the 1stOverall Pick in 2008, and they chose Jake Long, the two-time All-American Offensive Lineman from Michigan.

33. Norm Evans

After a year with the Houston Oilers, Norm Evans was chosen by the Miami Dolphins in the Expansion Draft, and this would be the team he played for the next ten seasons.

32. Bryan Cox

Bryan Cox had an excellent start for a Fifth Round pick, as Linebacker from Western Illinois was a starter as a rookie in 1991.

29. Doug Betters

Doug Betters might have been the hardest players for us to rank.

Garo Yepremian was from Cyprus, and after having his soccer scholarship voided at Indiana when it was learned that he played semi-pro in England.  He would make the bold choice to pursue a career as a Kicker in the NFL.

25. Keith Sims

Playing the first eight of his eleven seasons in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, Keith Sims started the majority of his games for the franchise at Left Guard once arriving in 1990 via the draft.

24. Jim Kiick

Jim Kiick may not have been a Hall of Famer like his fellow Back and teammate, Larry Csonka, but he brought an excellent set of skills to the Miami Dolphins after arriving as a sixth rounder from Wyoming in 1968.

John Offerdahl was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 1985, and it allowed the Western Michigan Bronco to receive attention in the 1986 NFL Draft.

After a spectacular seven-year run with the Boston Patriots where he was a four-time First Team All-Pro, Nick Buoniconti was traded to the Miami Dolphins after the 1968 season.

21. Nat Moore

While it might be easy to label Nat Moore as an offensive compiler, let’s just say that he compiled a lot!

17. Mark Duper

After being drafted from Northwestern State in the Second Round in 1982, Mark Duper only saw action in two Games as a rookie, but this would change when Dan Marino emerged as the Dolphins’ Quarterback.

18. Paul Warfield

Many in Cleveland were stunned when they traded Wide Receiver, Paul Warfield to the Miami Dolphins after the 1969 season.  As a rookie in 1964, he helped Cleveland win the NFL Championship, and he was coming off two straight Pro Bowl appearances.  The Browns got the third overall pick in the deal, which they used on Purdue Quarterback, Mike Phipps, who did play for 12 years, but is considered to be unremarkable.  As for Warfield, he was about the have the most productive stint of his NFL career.