MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Miami Dolphins today announced they have activated quarterback Tua Tagovailoa off injured reserve. The team also elevated wide receiver Isaiah Ford and wide receiver Kirk Merritt for Sunday’s game.
Tagovailoa has played in 12 games with 11 starts for the Dolphins over the past two seasons (2020-21). He has completed 203-of-321 passes (63.2 pct.) for 2,029 yards and 12 touchdowns. He’s also rushed 40 times for 110 yards (2.8 avg.) and four touchdowns. Tagovailoa was originally placed on injured reserve on Sept. 25. He entered the NFL as a first-round pick (fifth overall) by the Dolphins in the 2020 NFL Draft.
Ford has played in 20 games with one start in four seasons (2018-21) with Miami. He was also elevated last week and caught one pass for three yards against Tampa Bay. Ford has totaled 52 career receptions for 523 yards (10.1 avg.) and one carry for 11 yards. He originally entered the NFL as a seventh-round pick (237th overall) by Miami in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Merritt has spent each of the past two seasons (2020-21) on Miami’s practice squad. He made his NFL debut on Nov. 8, 2020 at Arizona but did not record any statistics. Merritt originally entered the NFL as an undrafted college free agent with Miami on April 29, 2020. He earned back-to-back first-team All-Sun Belt honors at Arkansas State in 2018 and 2019.
Name | Pos. | Hgt. | Wgt. | Birthdate | Exp. | College | Hometown | Acq. |
Isaiah Ford | WR | 6-2 | 201 | 2/9/96 | 4 | Virginia Tech ’17 | Jacksonville, Fla. | D7, ‘17 |
Kirk Merritt | WR | 6-1 | 214 | 1/5/97 | 2 | Arkansas State ’20 | Destrehan, La. | FA, ‘20 |
Tua Tagovailoa | QB | 6-1 | 217 | 3/2/98 | 2 | Alabama ’20 | Ewa Beach, Hawaii | D1a, ‘20 |
JAGUARS MAKE ROSTER MOVES
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed K Matthew Wright to the active roster and have elevated OL KC McDermott and WR Laquon Treadwell via standard practice squad elevation. See attached for Wright’s, McDermott’s and Treadwell’s bios.
NO. | NAME | POS. | HT. | WT. | DOB | AGE | EXP. | COLLEGE | HOMETOWN |
15 | Wright, Matthew | K | 6-0 | 179 | 03-22-96 | 25 | 2 | Central Florida | Lancaster, Pa. |
62 | McDermott, KC | OL | 6-5 | 330 | 04-18-96 | 25 | 3 | Miami (Fla.) | Wellington, Fla. |
18 | Treadwell, Laquon | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 06-14-95 | 26 | 5 | Mississippi | Chicago, Illinois |
Wright, 6-0, 179, signed with the Jaguars practice squad on Sept. 28, 2021 and received two standard practice squad elevations and converted 3-of-3 extra point attempts. Wright played in three games with Pittsburgh in 2020 and went 4-of-4 on field goals and 7-of-7 on PATs. He also handled 14 kickoffs for the Steelers. He spent a portion of the 2021 training camp with Detroit.
The Lancaster, Pa. native attended Central Florida and is the school’s record holder in points (375), PATs (212) and field goals (55). As a redshirt senior, he was named Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference after finishing the 2018 season by going 12-of-14 on field goals and 74-of-74 on PATs. He played at Lampeter-Strasburg High School in Lampeter, Pa. and was named Pennsylvania Football News Class AAA First-Team and a Section Two First-Team All-Star as a placekicker and punter.