Miami Dolphins 2020 NFL Draft Notes – Day 1

DOLPHINS SELECT A FRANCHISE-RECORD THREE PLAYERS IN FIRST ROUND

• This is the first time the Dolphins have ever selected three players in the first round of the same draft.
• All three draft positions (5, 18 and 30) marked the first time Miami has ever picked a player in the first round at those spots. The only positions remaining in the first round the Dolphins have never selected are No. 6, 10, 31 and 32 overall.
• This marks the sixth time the Dolphins have used multiple first-round picks in the same draft:

YEARS THE DOLPHINS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FIRST-ROUND PICKS

YEAR	PICK	PLAYER	POS	COLLEGE
1966	1	Jim Grabowski	RB	Illinois
1966	2	Rick Norton	QB	Kentucky

YEAR	PICK	PLAYER	POS	COLLEGE
1968	8	Larry Csonka	RB	Syracuse
1968	27	Doug Crusan	T	Indiana

YEAR	PICK	PLAYER	POS	COLLEGE
1976	17	Larry Gordon	LB	Arizona St.
1976	19	Kim Bokamper	DE	San Jose St.

YEAR	PICK	PLAYER	POS	COLLEGE
1989	9	Sammie Smith	RB	Florida St.
1989	25	Louis Oliver	DB	Florida

YEAR	PICK	PLAYER	POS	COLLEGE
1992	7	Troy Vincent	DB	Wisconsin
1992	12	Marco Coleman	LB	Georgia Tech

YEAR	PICK	PLAYER	POS	COLLEGE
2020	5	Tua Tagovailoa	QB	Alabama
2020	18	Austin Jackson	T	USC
2020	30	Noah Igbinoghene	CB	Auburn

DOLPHINS TAKE TAGOVAILOA AT NO. 5

• Miami used the first of its three first-round picks to select QB Tua Tagovailoa. He becomes the fifth quarterback selected in the first round by the Dolphins in franchise history:

DOLPHINS FIRST-ROUND QUARTERBACKS

YEAR	PICK	PLAYER	COLLEGE
1966	2	Rick Norton	Kentucky
1967	4	Bob Griese	Purdue
2020	5	Tua Tagovailoa	Alabama
2012	8	Ryan Tannehill	Texas A&M
1983	27	Dan Marino	Pittsburgh

• Tagovailoa is the 30th quarterback ever drafted in team history.
• Tagovailoa helped Alabama come from behind for a thrilling win in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. It marks the fifth consecutive season the Dolphins have drafted a player who won a national championship in his collegiate career.
• Tagovailoa is the 10th player from the University of Alabama to be drafted by the Dolphins. There are 21 players from the school who have appeared in at least one regular-season game for the Dolphins.

JACKSON IS MIAMI’S PICK AT NO. 18

• With the 18th overall pick, the Dolphins too T Austin Jackson from USC.
• If he plays in a regular-season game, Jackson will become the 14th player in USC history to appear in a game for the Dolphins.
• Jackson is the 116th offensive lineman to be drafted in Dolphins history. That’s the most of any position.
• He is just the second USC player to be selected in the first round by Miami and only the second offensive lineman from USC to be drafted by the Dolphins. G Roy Foster was the 24th overall pick in the 1982 draft.
• Jackson is the eighth Trojans player to be selected by Miami (not including DT Manuel Wright, who was a Supplemental Draft pick in 2005):

ALL-TIME USC PLAYERS DRAFTED BY MIAMI

YEAR	RD	PICK	PLAYER	POS
1973	9	234	Karl Lorch	DT
1982	1	24	Roy Foster	G
1990	5	137	Leroy Holt	RB
1992	10	267	Raoul Spears	RB
1995	6	194	Jeff Kopp	LB
2004	4	102	Will Poole	DB
2009	3	87	Patrick Turner	WR
2020	1	18	Austin Jackson	T

DOLPHINS CLOSE FIRST ROUND WITH IGBINOGHENE AT NO. 30

• Miami used its final of three first-round picks on Auburn CB Noah Igbinoghene at 30th overall.
• Igbinoghene is the 99th defensive back selected by the Dolphins in team history.
• He is just the second Auburn player to be selected in the first round by the Dolphins. RB Ronnie Brown was the second overall pick by Miami in the 2005 NFL draft.
• Igbinoghene is the eighth player in Auburn history to be drafted by the Dolphins, and the second in as many years as FB Chandler Cox was a seventh-round pick (233rd overall) by Miami in 2019:

ALL-TIME AUBURN PLAYERS DRAFTED BY MIAMI

YEAR	RD	PICK	PLAYER	POS
1970	12	289	Mike Kolen	LB
1970	6	133	Dave Campbell	DE
1992	2	43	Eddie Blake	DT
1993	5	132	Chris Gray	G
2005	1	2	Ronnie Brown	RB
2006	7	233	Devin Aromashodu	WR
2019	7	233	Chandler Cox	FB
2020	1	30	Noah Igbinoghene	CB

QUICK HITS

• Miami traded a 2020 first-round pick (26th overall) to Green Bay, who used the pick to select QB Jordan Love, for a 2020 first-round pick (30th overall) the Dolphins used to select CB Noah Igbinoghene and 2020 fourth-round pick (136th overall).
• With today’s trade, the Dolphins now are scheduled to make 15 picks in the 2020 draft, which would be the most picks they’ve ever had in a seven round draft.