Favorite Dolphin draft pick ever?

[Mello Yello]

Christian Wilkins was a big one for me.

It's hard to love a DT but I'm a Clemson alum and was there during the late-Bowden, early-Swinney years. Considering that I thought Wilkins might be around for a long time as a DT and that he'd been part of 2 Clemson National Championships, he sort of served as the link between my favorite college & pro teams.

Apart from that, it was definitely Tua Tagovailoa.

I was so ready to move on from Tannehill by the end that I would've been ecstatic about anyone but I really hated Justin Herbert as a prospect. To me, Tua falling to us was just kind of poetic. I certainly wouldn't have drafted him had I had a crystal ball but the reality is, I argued in favor of picking Tua for that whole offseason, LOL.

 

[Krush]

Zachary Thomas

 

[vagrantprodigy]

I don't know about favorite (we never draft the guys I want), but the year we drafted Olivier Vernon and Lamar Miller, I called both picks. It was the only year I was actually at a draft party, and everyone else there was a Falcons fan. I got lucky calling out those two before they happened, and refused to try to guess any others, wanting to keep my perfect record.

 

[sickdawg]

Obviously Dan, I became a dolphins fan as a 6 year old the season before he was drafted. But close second would be getting Zach Thomas in the fifth round

 

[Duss]

He’s not Ramsey, but he’s better than what’s out there. And I agree with letting our guys play. But I don’t think they will do that. If we are going to sign a Douglas or whoever to play for one season I prefer the guy who doesn’t have a lot of balls caught on him. I don’t understand why people think he sucks.

are you saying safety should be higher?

LOL I know I HATED that pick at the time. Especially with Brady Quinn still on the board. But looking back at that draft, it was a pretty terrible draft class and Ginn had one of the longest careers from that draft class.

I wanted Patrick Willis but

 

[RichmondWeb]

Guess...

 

[Buff]

Favorite pick when it happened or now with hindsight?

Indeed. Hindsight would be Dan, but I only started following the dolphins in 89, and we didnt get any draft info till we got the internet. So for me - Tua, Long and Parker were ones that players I actually knew about.

 

[MD20]

1981, David Overstreet from Oklahoma. This guy would have been a star. What a travesty that he died so young.

 

[Martel13]

Prob ZT for some reason I think a lot of us had a feeling he would be a sleeper pick. Jimmy could draft pretty well minus that one RB Avery that was horrible pick

 

[Arnsy]

1981, David Overstreet from Oklahoma. This guy would have been a star. What a travesty that he died so young.

I’m old enough to remember him. I agree he showed flashes in his first Dolphin season (1983). I agree he would have been good.

Very sad story. A handful of Dolphins died in those years - rusty chambers, Overstreet and Larry Gordon.

 

[AMakados10]

I’ll say it… Ryan Tannehill. Excited we finally drafted a QB in 1st round since Marino.

 

[REAL DEAL]

Dan the man!

 

[GreenDolphinSt]

Favorite pick when it happened or now with hindsight?

Exactly my question, too.

 

[GreenDolphinSt]

Really liked on draft day- Webb and Sims (who I knew from NJ), Tunsil, Achane, Phillips, and Benny Malone!!