The long wait for the Miami Dolphins to make their first pick of the 2022 NFL draft resulted in the team taking Georgia linebacker Channing Tindall with pick No. 102 at the end of the third round.
Tindall (6-foot-2, 230 pounds) was a national champion with the Bulldogs last season, where he was tied for third on the team with 67 tackles as an inside linebacker who can go sideline to sideline. He collected 108 tackles, 16 for loss, and 12 sacks in his college career.
Linebacker was a position the Dolphins were expected to address in this draft. The team brought back Elandon Roberts, Duke Riley, Sam Eguavoen and Brennan Scarlett from last year’s roster, but could still use an upgrade to pair with Jerome Baker on the inside, as well as Jaelan Phillips and Andrew Van Ginkel on the outside.
The Dolphins, opting not to trade up between Thursday and Friday, selected Tindall with a compensatory pick they got from the San Francisco 49ers at the end of the third round after they didn’t have picks in the first two rounds. The pick was announced by Hall of Fame Dolphins fullback Larry Csonka from the draft in Las Vegas.
The Dolphins’ selections in the initial two rounds of this draft were traded in a five-pick package to the Kansas City Chiefs for star wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who has made the Pro Bowl in all six of his NFL seasons. That first-round pick, No. 29, originally belonged to the 49ers while Miami’s own second-rounder, No. 50 overall, was also shipped off, along with a fourth-rounder this year and fourth- and sixth-round picks next year in the blockbuster deal.
No. 102 is the deepest into a draft Miami has made its first pick and first time the team didn’t make a selection in the draft’s first two rounds since 2002. That year, the team chose center Seth McKinney at No. 90 overall after Miami’s first-round pick went to the New Orleans Saints in a trade for running back Ricky Williams and second-rounder was shipped to Philadelphia in a trade-up in the previous draft.
With those two top choices that went to the Chiefs, Kansas City eventually traded both to the New England Patriots. New England made the first round’s most surprising pick of Tennessee-Chattanooga guard Cole Strange, and then took Baylor wide receiver Tyquan Thornton, a Miami Booker T. Washington High alum, at 50.
After crossing off the team’s linebacker need with the Tindall pick, the Dolphins could still be expected to look at center, other offensive line positions, edge rusher, running back or wide receiver when they’re back on the clock in the fourth round on Day 3.
Miami owns pick 125 overall in that fourth round, along with two seventh-round selections but could always trade to add more.
This story will be updated.
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