Posted on Tue, May. 01, 2007
Proud rookies reveal signings
BY DAVID J. NEAL
Although the Dolphins won't officially announce free agent rookie signings until later this week, some of those couldn't wait to spread the news of their signing with the Dolphins.Washington State defensive end
Mkristo Bruce, a second-team All-American, told Cougfan.com. Alabama-Birmingham offensive tackle
Julius Wilson told The Bradenton Herald. Arkansas guard
Stephen Parker told The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas. Southern Oregon wide receiver
Gabe Hatchett told his hometown Douglas County Record-Courier. Montana cornerback
Tuff Harris told The Missoulian of Missoula, Mont.
The signings of Iowa linebacker
Ed Miles and
Tala Esera were reported by The Associated Press.
Esera brings the University of Hawaii rookie training-camp count to three. The first two were center
Samson Satele, the Dolphins' third-round pick, and fullback
Reagan Mauia, whom the Dolphins took in the sixth round.
''That was not a part of the plan, but at the same time we found out that Hawaii does produce some good players and they like playing,'' Dolphins general manager
Randy Mueller said Sunday after the NFL Draft. ``
June Jones has done a great job coaching them up over there. There's also a coach on the offensive side [
Wes Suan] that actually coached me in college, so we had a pretty good connection on what kind of kids these guys were.
''Who knows? Maybe strength in numbers they'll feed off each other,'' Muller said. ``It's a good group and they're close. They're very close. As you know, the culture is one of passion and caring.
``They bring some of that. Those are good team building identity things that we want with our team.''
TRAYLOR SCOPED
The Dolphins announced Monday afternoon that defensive tackle
Keith Traylor had arthroscopic removal of loose materials in his left ankle April 18.
Knee problems kept Traylor, 37, out of two games last season and limited his practice time.
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