According to a college football source, the Dolphins have displayed interest in Alabama’s Rashaan Evans and have scheduled a visit with him at team headquarters.
Evans, who’s listed at 6-3 and 234 pounds, had 74 tackles, including 13 for loss, last season to go along with six sacks and a forced fumble.
NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein said of Evans: “Ascending linebacker talent who has the speed to fly around from sideline to sideline and played with an improved feel for the position in 2017.
Evans is an ideal inside linebacker fit for a blitz-happy 3-4 unit, but he could easily fit as a 4-3 weak-side linebacker with rush potential on sub-packages. Evans is an early starter with high-end potential if he can stay healthy.”
The Dolphins would like to emerge from the draft with at least one linebacker. They like several others, including Boise State’s Leighton Vander Esch.
The Dolphins recently dined with Oregon cornerback Arrion Springs, a potential late-round pick who Pro Football Focus rated as the best defensive back in the Pac-12 last season.
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Evans, who’s listed at 6-3 and 234 pounds, had 74 tackles, including 13 for loss, last season to go along with six sacks and a forced fumble.
NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein said of Evans: “Ascending linebacker talent who has the speed to fly around from sideline to sideline and played with an improved feel for the position in 2017.
Evans is an ideal inside linebacker fit for a blitz-happy 3-4 unit, but he could easily fit as a 4-3 weak-side linebacker with rush potential on sub-packages. Evans is an early starter with high-end potential if he can stay healthy.”
The Dolphins would like to emerge from the draft with at least one linebacker. They like several others, including Boise State’s Leighton Vander Esch.
The Dolphins recently dined with Oregon cornerback Arrion Springs, a potential late-round pick who Pro Football Focus rated as the best defensive back in the Pac-12 last season.
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