WEBVTT - Drive Time - Jakeem Grant Previews Dolphins WR Room 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.720 Riding shotgun with me now here on the Drivetime Podcast 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:06.080 previewing the wide receivers for Dolphins training camp twenty is 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.200 wide receiver Jachim Grant Jachem. Good to see you again, men, man, 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:11.960 I say to you too, Man, I appreciate you for 0:00:12.000 --> 0:00:19.079 having me. It feels like we just did this, doesn't it. Yeah, well, 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.360 we we are previewing the receivers here on training camp 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:24.200 and having number nineteen himself. He's in the areas on 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:27.040 the ground. He is housing punts and kicks and Jachem 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.080 Grant and Jachem staying healthy, staying active. How you doing, man, 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:35.840 I'm doing good, man. I'm just grinding joint and joint 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.480 family time and you know, planning a lot of calls 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:43.680 of duty definitely, uh, but most of our spending most 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:47.440 of my time grinding. Plus we'll hear from Jechem Grant 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.240 and preview the entire room all of that and more 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.920 on this Thursday, July the thirtieth edition of the Drive 0:00:53.960 --> 0:01:00.480 Time Podcast. And we reported earlier this week the addition 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:04.160 of three players to the reserve Slash COVID nineteen list, 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:07.040 and that has been a source of daily news around 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.000 the league so far as training camps kicked off this week, 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:12.720 as we see some players added throughout the other thirty 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:16.240 one franchises to that list as well well. Today, the 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:19.039 first player in the NFL came off that list, and 0:01:19.120 --> 0:01:22.319 he is a Miami Dolphin, Benito Jones, the u d 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.360 f a from Old Miss. He rejoined the defensive line, 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.760 and so does another addition. By way of the way 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.399 of her wire. We added Javarus Davis, a very impressive 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:36.240 athlete to the defensive backfield on Monday and on Wednesday, 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:39.959 another great athlete on defense courtesy of the three hundred 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:43.840 plus pound defensive tackle and Ray Smith. Smith played his 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.800 college ball at Boston College Brian Flores, his alma mater. 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.720 He played in forty games, made one d and thirty 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:52.440 eight tackles, and he signed as an undrafted free agent 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:56.560 with the Lions after going undrafted in nineteen. Most recently 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.520 he was with the forty Niners, but was recently waived 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:02.760 and now was added by the Miami Dolphins. Smith had 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:07.080 a super impressive Pro Day after college season and before 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:11.960 that nineteen draft, measuring in the elite category on several 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:16.079 areas of the Relative Athletics scorecard, again produced by Kent 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:20.239 Platt of Relative Athletics scorecard dot com. Kent collects a 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:24.280 cumulative score based upon the measurement and workout metrics, both 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:28.639 from the combine and pro day numbers alike. He utilizes elite, 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.840 average and poor classifications for each prospect than averages the 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:37.000 metrics into one collective score. And Smith's total score out 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.440 of ten was nine point six seven. And you might recall, 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:44.280 for comparison's sake, the Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones, who broke 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:47.080 the broad jump record, the world record for the broad 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:50.000 jump at his combine, he scored a perfect ten with 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:54.079 his crazy workout back before he was drafted his rookie year, 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:57.120 and so Ray Smith a nine six seven out of ten. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:01.280 Smith did that by clocking a sub five forty time 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:04.200 at four point nine three, And so just recall, this 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.639 score does take into account the comparison of the position. 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:10.160 So a four nine three forty yard dash for a 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:13.280 defensive tackle obviously is going to be more impressive than 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:15.800 a four nine three would be for a receiver or 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.760 defensive back, and so forth and so on. A very 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:22.480 impressive number for a three hundred and two pound defensive tackle. 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.680 His twenty yards split was nearly a perfect ten. He 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.280 ran it in two point seven six seconds, showing that 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.959 explosive metric, and his ten yards split was not far behind, 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.720 a score of nine point five four out of ten 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:38.000 with an actual time of one point six eight seconds. 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:40.000 Again getting out of the blocks getting out of the 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:44.040 gate showing explosiveness off the line, and again another metric 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:47.960 that measures explosiveness both the jumping metrics, the vertical and 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:51.880 the broad He jumped thirty five inches vertically and nine 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:55.080 ft eleven inches on the broad jump. Those scored out 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.960 at nine point eight one and nine point nine respectively 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.520 out of the hand total score. His shuttle time was 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.400 four point four nine seconds and a three cone time 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.480 of seven point to eight seconds, each of those scored 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:12.240 in the Green Elite category. He also scored elite in 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:16.640 the speed category, explosion category, as well as the agility category. 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.760 You can find that tweet on my timeline at winkl NFL. 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:23.560 I retweeted Kent Platt, who was at math bomb on Twitter. 0:04:23.839 --> 0:04:26.919 So Ray Smith is in, Benito Jones is back, and 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:30.080 the Dolphins did make one more roster move on Wednesday 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:33.400 with the release of cornerback Ryan Lewis. He was waived 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:37.080 on Wednesday afternoon, and that's it for Dolphins News. Let's 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.560 go ahead and talk about the Dolphins wide receiver room 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:43.160 in accordance with the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com. 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.159 We have done the receivers, the tight ends, and the quarterbacks, 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.080 and today we're talking about those receivers, and we start 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:53.240 with unc himself, Davante Parker, and he spoke last offseason 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:57.000 after getting the new contract after his rookie contract had expired, 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.440 about how he wanted to change his legacy and the 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.559 perception of him in Miami with the new contract he took, 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.400 and boy did he take an emphatic first step and 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:09.560 doing just that this past season in nineteen, heading into 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.560 the season, Parker talked a lot about his nutritional habits 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:15.560 and workout habits and getting himself prepared for that twenty 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.240 nineteen season. And I thought it showed up in training 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.600 camp from the start, as he just looked slimmer, he 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:23.159 looked sleeker. He was making big plays all over the 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.200 football field and really showing out on the practice field 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.679 in last year's training camp, and that, of course would 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:32.640 translate into the regular season. He has five accrued seasons, 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:34.760 all of them here in Miami as he enters year 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:38.440 number six. Where's jersey number eleven from Louisville. He's twenty 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.120 seven years old on opening day, so entering that real 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.839 prime age of a player's career, and twenty nineteen again 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.960 was the coming out party for Davante Parker. I've been 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.400 breaking down his tape a lot this summer because I 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.640 think it's fascinating to watch him really make plays down 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:57.039 the football field, high pointing those contested catches and picking 0:05:57.120 --> 0:06:00.160 up chunks of yardage with a really high yards her 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:04.080 reception rate, and of course finding the end zone with regularity. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.120 He earned that four year contract extension prior to the 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.159 conclusion of the season and his career years saw the 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:13.560 former first round pick finished fifth in the NFL and 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.920 receiving yards with one thousand, two hundred and two yards. 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.800 He tied for eighth in yards per reception, and he 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:24.000 tied for fourth and touchdowns with nine scores on the season. 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.480 He was unguardable at various points throughout the season, particularly 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:31.880 in a victory against eventual NFC East champion Philadelphia. He 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.719 caught seven passes in that game for one hundred and 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.720 fifty nine yards and two scores and really just put 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:41.280 on a highlight reel show the entire day, going up 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.520 and taking footballs off the helmets of defensive backs and 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.039 really just making plays for Ryan Fitzpatrick, his quarterback. That 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:49.839 was a lot of fun to watch, and it sparked 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:53.360 a very very strong December for Davante Parker as he 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.800 came on like gangbusters both before and after the contract 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.840 extension had been agreed upon. And those sixty minutes unstoppable 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.479 play really showed Parker at his best. The way he 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.640 can kind of lean into the defensive back and really 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.440 shield the defensive back with that big frame and the 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:12.800 leaping ability, and he does so well to extend his arms. 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.240 And I heard this comment on the Move the Sticks podcast, 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.040 how you can tell about a receiver's trust that he 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.920 has in himself and his own hands when they run 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.080 dig routes which are just deep square in, you push upfield, 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.600 you break inside, and the way a receiver can catch 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.640 the football and stride without having to kind of gather himself. 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.400 And you see that from Parker and the real trust 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.560 in his hands and his ability to make plays. You 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:36.760 also see it on the deep shots down the field 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.360 because he kind of throws his body into the defensive 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.920 back and does so well to make that defensive back 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.240 pretty much have to go through his body, which of 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.840 course is past interference if he wants to make a 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.640 play on the football, and that has just generated big 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:53.000 play after big play both last year and throughout his career. 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.480 You go back to the season opener this year in Baltimore, 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.640 he had a big play just like that. Go back 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.640 to the season again against ball to more at home, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.280 a touchdown play on a play very similar to that 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.760 where he elevates over the goal line and high points 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.000 the football and brings it down. Did the same thing 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:11.800 in a game against Cleveland as well. So he's been 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.840 a known commodity that way, and this year he was 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.040 just at his best in that department, and I think 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.200 also in his route running and really every element of 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.840 his game. He created separation from some of the game's 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:26.520 best this year, producing some eye popping production against a 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.760 pair of all Pro cornerbacks and division rival Buffalo and 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.360 New England. In the last two games against Buffalo and 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.480 New England the ladder matches of those two series, he 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.680 combined for two hundred and seventy two yards on fifteen 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.400 catches in those two games, and his consistent playmaking really 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.200 earned the trust of first year Dolphins quarterback last season, 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.560 Ryan Fitzpatrick, who had this to say after that Week 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.440 seventeen win in New England. For us and for me 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.600 as a quarterback, I'm always going to rely on my playmakers, 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:57.839 and DeVante has been that guy all year long. There 0:08:57.840 --> 0:08:59.920 were a couple that maybe I didn't get in there 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.319 make the throw or Stefan Gilmour did a good job with. 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.520 But I wasn't going to shy away from a matchup, 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.440 not because I don't respect the other guy, but because 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.520 I have that much confidence in our guy. Davante really 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.880 stepped up big today in that win. And up next 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.240 on our list here going in order of jersey, number 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.840 number fifteen, Albert Wilson, who has six accrued seasons in 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.679 the NFL. He's entering his third in Miami. He is 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.320 a Georgia State product. He will be twenty eight years 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:29.720 old on opening day. He's a Port St. Port St. 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.319 Lucy native, and when he's been healthy here in Miami, 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.760 he's been uber productive. The guy has three trunks for legs. 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.760 He is just thickly built, has a four four three 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.199 forty time on his resume, going back to his pro 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.719 day in college, and that combination of factors makes him 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.000 one of the game's most difficult tackles once he has 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.000 the football in his hands. We certainly saw that in 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:53.560 the eighteen game against the Chicago Bears, where he basically 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.600 took the Dolphins offense down the field a couple of 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.600 times for big scores in that fourth quarter and through 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:02.040 seven games in that season, and he led all qualifying 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.959 receivers and Pro Football focuses, yards per route run metric, 0:10:06.200 --> 0:10:09.680 broken tackles, and yards after initial contact. In fact, you 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:11.800 go back to the game against the Lions when he 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.080 was injured, he and Golden Tate were kind of the 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:17.840 Golden Standards pardon the pun for running with the football 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:19.920 after the catch, and they were going back and forth 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.000 in that game, taking the lead from one another, and 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.560 Wilson wound up having the most after that game, even 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.360 though he exited the game with an injury. But after 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.200 averaging three point nine targets per game for the first 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:34.560 thirteen games last season, more recently, Wilson caught seventeen of 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:37.680 twenty three targets over the final three games and picked 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.400 up one hundred and ninety seven yards, really showing some 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:43.840 of that similar explosiveness that we saw back in eighteen 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:47.000 and as far as his usage goes, last year, three 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.760 hundred and thirty two of Wilson's four hundred and thirty 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:53.400 nine offensive snaps came inside as a slot receiver. He 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.360 averaged five and a half yards per route run from 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:59.760 the slot in eighteen and last year caught seventy two 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:03.000 point nine percent of his targets playing inside, being a 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.120 playmaker at that slot position. But that's not all he is. 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.360 He's a jack of all trades. He lined up in 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:11.160 the backfield on twenty eight occasions during his two year 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.680 tenure with Miami. He served as a wildcat trigger man. 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.400 He took the football as the jet sweep motion man, 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:21.199 and that goes towards receiving statistic, but he also basically 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:23.560 has to carry the ball like a running back on 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.400 those plays. Go back to the teen touchdown, the high 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.480 five play with Jachem Grant that basically is a running play, 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.120 but he scored on that passing play on the little 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.720 pop pass. He takes handoffs from the shotgun as a 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.640 ball carrier, and over those two years he has thirteen 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.560 carries and sixty one yards with the Dolphins, and like Parker, 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.600 Wilson really earned the admiration of his quarterback last season 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:48.120 through his will, attitude, and work ethic. Fitzpatrick had this 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:51.520 to say, Wilson's attitude is unbelievable. I don't know that 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.040 I've played with many guys that I mean. He truly 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.920 is happy when someone else makes a play. He really is. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.040 He's had to deal with a lot of adversity and 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.360 things out of his troll in terms of some of 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.079 the injuries and whatever else. He's worked really hard and 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:05.880 is coming on as of late at the end of 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.439 the season. Really the run after the catch ability and 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.880 all of that. He's really shown that in the last 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.560 few games. Up next on our wide Receiver Room preview 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:17.280 is Gary Jennings. He has one season in the NFL. 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.120 This is his second with the Dolphins. He wears number 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.000 sixteen out of West Virginia. Gonna be twenty three years 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.200 old on opening day, and he really tore up the 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.400 Big twelve in two thousand eighteen, scored thirteen touchdowns and 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.280 his final college season. Was drafted last year by the 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:34.360 Seahawks in the fourth round, but was released mid season, 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:36.920 the Dolphins picked him up off waivers, but he got 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:39.240 a bad break in that first game with the Dolphins. 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.360 He was injured on the Jachem Grant one two yard 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.560 kickoff return for a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills. So 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.400 he only played nine snaps in all of nineteen and 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:50.880 just one of those snaps on offense, So coming into 0:12:51.000 --> 0:12:53.240 year two, not a lot of on field experience. But 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.440 his postseason work the year of his draft year, the 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.960 Senior Bowl and the Combine that year where he ran 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:01.760 a four point four to forty yard dash, really helped 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:05.040 elevate his draft stock. They're coming out of West Virginia. 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:09.000 NFL dot COM's Lance Zerline, their draft expert, had glowing 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.800 praise for Jennings and his pre draft report, saying a 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:16.040 possession receiver with impressive combination of size, speed, and contested 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.880 catch toughness. Jennings was one of the fastest players at 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.600 the Senior Bowl according to Zebra Technology tracking, and his 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:26.000 four four two combine time and huge numbers and explosive 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.680 testing are to sure to push him up draft boards. 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:30.960 End quote there, and of course that pushed him up 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.839 into the fourth round that year in the draft. Up 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.880 next on our list is the uber reliable Alan Hearns. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.280 He has six accrued seasons in the NFL. This is 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.560 his second in Miami. Where's number seventeen. He went to 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.880 Miami and the U He's twenty eight years old on 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.320 opening Day and he signed with the Dolphins last year 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:49.880 on the first day of training camp and just developed 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:53.320 from there into one of Ryan Fitzpatrick's most trusted targets. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.040 That reliability went up the change of the Dolphins brass 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.520 as Hearns was rewarded with a two year contract extension 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.720 back in November. Hearns caught sixty eight point one percent 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.880 of his passes for thirteen yards per catch. He posted 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:08.640 the second highest yards per target mark of his career 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:12.560 last year at eight point nine. Only DeVante Parker played 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.480 more snaps at wide receiver for the Dolphins last season 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:19.720 then Alan Hearns and Herns versatility is perhaps his greatest asset. 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:24.240 His workload was split almost evenly amongst slat and perimeter receiver. 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.280 He played two hundred and fifty four snaps inside and 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:31.440 two hundred and fifty nine snaps rather outside. Twenty three 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.080 of his thirty two catches occurred between the numbers and 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:37.000 inside guy, toughness over the middle, and two hundred and 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:40.000 fifty nine of those four hundred and sixteen receiving yards 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.960 came from the slot, including both of his touchdown catches. 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:45.800 You might recall that impressive touchdown run he had against 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.440 the Steelers, breaking tackles going into the end zone on 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.280 Monday night, and Brian floor has really praised Herns for 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.320 his toughness, one of the coaches key pillars of the program. 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.600 As we know he wants to build here in Miami. 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.200 As he had this to say about Herns after a 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:02.600 December game against the Jets. Quote, he's dinged up. He 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:05.120 played through some injuries last week. I thought he tough 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:08.200 through it and was an impressive performance by him. This 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:10.440 is a tough kid. He wants to play. If he 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.840 can be out there, he'll be out there. End quote. 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.520 So some nice words there from Brian Flores. And speaking 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:17.880 of nice words, we have some nice words about our 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.320 next player on this list from both his teammates and 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:24.200 coaches alike. Preston Williams a rookie season last year, entering 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:27.400 his second with the Miami Dolphins, number eighteen out of 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.920 Colorado stake and to be twenty three years old on 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:33.480 opening Day, and undrafted rookies always faced the greatest odds 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.240 to make the roster out of training camp. It's even 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.160 more difficult to make a significant impact in year one 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.880 for a player that was passed over through seven rounds 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.640 of the draft. But early on for Preston Williams, it 0:15:44.800 --> 0:15:47.760 was clear the Dolphins found a gem of the twenty 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.640 nineteen U d f a market. He made play after 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.320 play in training camp. He'll recall the tweets, all the 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.000 media people saying how good he was playing in training 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.680 camp last year. He carried that over into the exhibition 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:01.680 season and into the twenty nineteen season, scoring the first 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.480 touchdown of the year for the Dolphins in that Baltimore game. 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:06.880 Last year, he was lost for the year with an 0:16:06.880 --> 0:16:09.560 injury in Week nine and that win over the Jets, 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:11.760 and at the time of his exit, he led the 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:15.080 Dolphins in both receptions and receiving yards. But before he 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.440 was making plays. On Sunday, teammate Xavien Howard shared with 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.320 media what it was like to go up against Williams 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.440 and practice, saying, quote that guy can be special. He's 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:26.920 still learning. He's just a rookie. There was so much 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.040 room for improvement with him, but he's going to be 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.880 a number one receiver one day and quote, and he 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.560 expanded on that comment, mentioning his experience facing the league's 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:39.000 best receivers, giving Howard an understanding of what it takes 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.880 to be a number one receiver as a variety of 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:45.800 traits helped contribute to Williams ability to create separation and 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.800 make plays down the football field. He's six ft five, 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.040 but he really has a good ability to both get 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.760 vertical and sink his hips and come off the stem 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.160 of the route and get in out of breaks. And 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:59.160 that work throughout last offseason earned the praise of some 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.520 Dolphins coach is, including last year's receivers coach, who of 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.080 course earned a head coaching job in the college ranks, 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:08.040 in Carl Durrell. He said this about Williams, quote, we 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.840 were fortunate that after the draft and he wasn't picked, 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.400 and we said, wow, here's a great opportunity to work 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:16.639 with a kid that has tremendous potential. Well he lived 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:18.679 up to that. He's a fun kid to coach, a 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:22.359 very bubbly personality, a very confident kid. And quote, and 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:25.840 Williams played almost exclusively on the outside. In his rookie season, 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:29.040 three hundred eighty six of his four hundred four offensive 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.399 snaps came in the wide alignment, and he also served 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.480 as the team's primary punt returner for four games, averaging 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:39.640 eleven point five yards per return on the season. Up next, 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:43.240 Jechiem Grant has four accrued seasons, all of him in Miami, 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.800 entering year number five. The sixth round draft pick in sixteen, 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.679 he wears number nineteen out of Texas Tech. He'll be 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:52.359 twenty seven on opening Day as well. And once a 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.680 player breaks that proverbial tape, so to speak, on their 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.159 forty yard dash at the scouting combine, he's never going 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.960 to run that drill again. And in the sixteen rounds 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.080 to the draft, Grant reportedly clocked a four point one 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:06.919 time has taken on a handheld timer at his Texas 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.280 Tech Pro day. That would have been the fastest time 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.960 in the history of the NFL had it been clocked 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.560 at the scouting combine. Either way, Jachem Grant can flat 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:18.600 out scoot. The receiver who moonlights as a return man 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.520 is more than just a straight line burner. He's appointment 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.120 viewing in Dolphins one on one drills at practice with 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:27.400 plenty of shake, A few players can create immediate separation 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:29.920 off the line like Grant. He brings all the us 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.800 and ows out of the fans at training camp at practice. 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:36.199 During his four year career, Grant has scored eight touchdowns 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.200 and those house calls they usually come from long distance. 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:41.680 He has touchdowns of one o two, one oh one, 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:46.000 seventy four, seventy one, sixty five and fifty two yards 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:48.520 in his career. He can provide that instant sparked to 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.919 the Dolphins both on offense and on special teams, and 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:55.040 the team showed its belief in Grant last summer with 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.520 a contract extension. Flora's spoke to the reasons that he 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.080 felt it was important to get that media or to 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.000 get that deal done rather saying quote, you know, I'm 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:06.719 a big proponent of the kicking game. So his value 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.520 as a kick returner, punt returner, and his ability to 0:19:09.560 --> 0:19:12.720 make big plays in those areas, I think it's very important. 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:16.399 As a receiver, there's obviously a dynamic player here. This 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:19.920 guy's fast, this guy's elusive, he's strong for a little guy, 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:22.720 and he works hard. Football is very important to him 0:19:22.760 --> 0:19:25.560 and being part of This team is very important to him, 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.720 so congratulations to him on that contract. I think it 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.440 was well deserved and we're happy to have him and 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.439 quote up. Next on our list, we jump into the 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:38.119 eighties jersey numbers and undrafted rookie Matt Cole out of mckendrey. 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.720 He wears number eighty two. He'll be twenty three years 0:19:40.720 --> 0:19:43.560 old on opening Day and every year. A really cool 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:47.919 story here Sports illustrateds Kalin Caller chooses a draft eligible 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:51.919 sleeper for his prospect x A deep Sleeper, a feature 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:54.280 he writes for the magazine for the website, and that 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:58.760 distinction went to mckendred University's Matt Cole. In Coal caught 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:01.680 forty three passes for nine hundred and thirty nine yards 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.760 and twelve touchdowns last year. He also averaged twenty seven 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:07.679 point two yards on kick returns and twenty six yards 0:20:07.680 --> 0:20:10.960 on punt returns, and scored from one hundred on kickoff 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:14.200 and seventy four from a punt on special teams. Again, 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.240 go back to Flora as has mentioned of how important 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:19.359 it is to be successful in the kicking game. Cole 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.560 is listed at five ft ten one nineties seven pounds. 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.720 He participated in Northwesterns Pro Day in March, where he 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.080 clocked a four four eight in the forty yard dash 0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:30.440 and thirty seven and a half inches on the vertical 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:33.880 up next number eighty three. Another of the two Dolphins 0:20:34.000 --> 0:20:37.000 U d f as added this offseason, Kirk Merritt out 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:39.520