Top 50 Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins entered the world of Pro Football in 1966 when they joined the AFL. Once the leagues merged, the Dolphins emerged as one of the first elite powers of the conference in the early 70s, something that seemed incomprehensible based on their early struggles.
The Dolphins went to Super Bowl VI, losing to Dallas, but they would then put forth an undefeated season in 1972 and would win Super Bowl VII, which to date is the only time a team has gone an entire year without a loss. The Dolphins repeated as Super Bowl Champions the following year.
That was the last Super Bowl win for the Dolphins, but they did appear in the big game twice in the 1980s.
This list is up to the end of the 2023 season.
Note: Football lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.
The twin brother of Maurkice Pouncey was also an NFL Center, and while he did not become an All-Decade team member, he was a very good player in his own right.
Not a lot of Punters get drafted, but Reggie Roby did in 1983 when the Iowa Hawkeye was chosen in the sixth round.
Roy Foster went coast-to-coast in his college to pro transition when he went from USC to Miami as a First Round Pick in 1982.
Brock Marion won two Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys, but when he was a Free Agent in 1998, he signed with the Miami Dolphins, where he would have a greater role in their defense.
The rookie season of A.J. Duhe could be argued as the best one of his eight-year career.
The teams of the National Football League passed on Utah’s Manny Fernandez, but he landed a job with the Miami Dolphins, who signed him in 1968, and he would subsequently make the team.
Randy Starks began his NFL career with four seasons with the Tennessee Titans, and putting it in a matter of fact terms; they were not extraordinary. The Dolphins signed him as a Free Agent in 2008, and after a year as a defensive role player, he found his niche.
Miami Dolphin in the first six years and change of his career, Chris Chambers had an underrated career.
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Reshad Jones played the entire decade with the 2010s with the Miami Dolphins, and the Georgia Bulldog was arguably one of the most underrated Defensive Backs during that time.
Brent Grimes had already been in the NFL for six seasons (2007-12) with the Atlanta Falcons, going to the Pro Bowl in 2010m but when he signed with the Miami Dolphins as a Free Agent in 2013, it was not likely thought that he would be the top Defensive Back with the team.
The Miami Dolphins grabbed O.J. McDuffie 25thOverall in the 1993 Draft, and like so many Wide Receivers, he was used mostly as a Returner as a rookie.
A product of the University of Texas, Glenn Blackwood, played his entire nine-year career with the Miami Dolphins after they took him in the Eighth Round in 1979.