Following our look at the recent history of the 21st overall pick, we turn to the second round where the Miami Dolphins hold the 55th pick. Who was selected with that pick over the last 10 years?
The Miami Dolphins’ second pick in the 2024 NFL Draft is slated to be the 55th overall selection, the 23rd pick in the second round. Yesterday, we looked at the last 10 years of the 21st overall pick, the Dolphins’ first-round selection. Today, we turn to the history of the 55th pick.
Over the past ten years, only two players from the defensive side of the ball have been selected with the 55th overall pick, and the pick has only been traded twice. The picks have included two wide receivers, three tight ends, two running backs, an offensive lineman, a cornerback, and a defensive tackle. Here are each of the picks, as well as some information on their careers.
2023
Kansas City Chiefs: Rashee Rice, WR, SMU
This pick was originally held by the Minnesota Vikings, who traded it and a 2024 third-round pick to the Detroit Lions for tight end T.J. Hockenson, a fourth-round pick, and a 2024 conditional fourth-round selection. The Lions then flipped the pick, along with a sixth-round pick, to the Chiefs in exchange for the 63rd, 122nd, and 249th picks.
In his rookie season, Rice caught 79 passes for 938 yards and seven touchdowns. During the Chiefs’ Super Bowl championship run, Rice set the rookie record for playoff receptions, catching 26 passes for 262 yards and a touchdown. He also ran the ball twice during the postseason, picking up five yards with a touchdown.
Rice’s offseason has not gone well this year. He allegedly raced his Lamborghini against a Corvette in Dallas, which led to the Lamborghini striking a wall and involving four other vehicles in the crash. Rice, who allegedly fled the scene after the crash, is facing multiple charges from the crash.
2022
Arizona Cardinals: Trey McBride, TE, Colorado State
McBride was selected as the 2021 John Mackey Award winner as the best tight end in the country during the college football season before being selected by the Cardinals. In his two seasons in the league, he has appeared in 33 games, including 25 starts, with 110 receptions, 1,090 yards, and four touchdowns.
2021
Pittsburgh Steelers: Pat Freiermuth, TE, Penn State
Freiermuth has appeared in 44 games, including 26 starts, during his first three years in the league. He spent part of last year on injured reserve, limiting him to 12 games played (9 starts). He has 155 career receptions with 1,537 yards with 11 touchdowns.
2020
Baltimore Ravens: J.K. Dobbins, RB, Ohio State
Dobbins spent four years with the Ravens, working his way into the starting running back role, but seeing injuries limit his playing time. During the 2021 preseason, he tore his ACL and missed the year. He returned for 2022, but another knee injury limited him to just eight games played. Last year, he tore his Achilles tendon in Week 1, ending his season after just eight carries.
He has 234 rushing attempts in his career, gaining 1,347 yards, giving him a 5.8 yards per rush average. He has 12 rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown on 27 receptions for 177 yards.
Dobbins, a free agent this offseason, signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Chargers last week.
2019
Houston Texans: Max Scharping, T, Northern Illinois
The Texans selected Scharping and moved him inside to guard. He began the year as a backup before moving up to the starting left guard position during the season. He returned to a backup role in 2020 before moving over to right guard in 2021, starting 11 games over the 17 he played. The Texans cut Scharping at the end of the 2022 preseason, with the Cincinnati Bengals claiming him off waivers.
With Cincinnati, he made 14 appearances in 2022 as a reserve guard and special teams player. He continued with that role in 2023.
Scharping is a free agent.
2018
Carolina Panthers: Donte Jackson, CB, LSU
Jackson immediately assumed a starting role with the Panthers, rewarding the team with four interceptions recorded during his rookie season. His 2021 season ended with him on injured reserve, limiting him to 12 games played on the year. He signed a three-year contract extension with the Panthers ahead of the 2022 season before sustaining an Achilles tear during the year, limiting him to 10 games. He returned for 2023, starting 16 games.
He was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2024 offseason.
In 80 career games, including 76 starts, Jackson has 303 tackles, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one sack, 46 passes defensed, and 14 interceptions with one touchdown.
2017
New York Giants: Dalvin Tomlinson, DT, Alabama
The Giants picked Tomlinson one selection after the Dolphins picked linebacker Raekwon McMillan. New York began with Tomlinson working as a defensive tackle before moving him to defensive end in 2018, then sliding him to nose tackle during that season. He spent four years with the Giants, appearing to settle in at the nose tackle position before signing as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 2021, where he worked as both a defensive tackle and a defensive end. In 2023, Tomlinson signed a four-year contract with the Cleveland Browns, starting 16 games that season at defensive tackle.
In his career, Tomlinson has played in 109 games, all starts, with 316 tackles, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, seven passes defensed, and 16 sacks.
2016
Cincinnati Bengals: Tyler Boyd, WR, Pittsburgh
Boyd has spent the first eight years of his career with the Bengals, signing a four-year contract extension in 2019 to continue after his rookie contract was set to expire. He began his career as a rotational receiver for the team and battled through early career knee injuries. In 2018, he broke out with his first 1,000-yard season and entered the starting lineup. He has appeared in 120 games, including 77 starts, with 513 receptions for 6,000 yards and 31 touchdowns.
Boyd is a free agent.
2015
Baltimore Ravens: Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota
The Arizona Cardinals traded the 55th pick to the Ravens for the 58th and 158th picks.
The son and grandson of former NFL players, Williams began his career as a backup tight end for the Ravens, getting spot starts throughout his rookie year. In 2016, a knee injury limited him to just four games played with no receptions, then again saw his playing time limited in 2017 with an ankle injury.
Williams signed a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals in 2019, assuming the role of their starting tight end. He played in 16 games that season before an ankle injury cost him much of the 2020 season, and an ACL tear took away most of the 2021 season. In 2022, Williams returned to the Cardinals following the ACL injury, appearing in 11 games but bouncing between the practice squad and the active roster.
Williams has played in 83 games for his career, starting 45 of them, with 105 receptions for 1,012 yards and dix touchdowns.
He did not play in 2023 and is a free agent. Following the 2021 ACL injury, Williams has dealt with nerve issues in his leg and foot.
2014
Cincinnati Bengals: Jeremy Hill, RB, Fresno State
Hill was expected to give the Bengals a one-two punch at running back as he paired with Giovanni Bernard, a second-round pick by the Bengals a year earlier. As a rookie, he worked as the second-string running back but pushed ahead of Bernard in his second season. He continued in that role until 2017, when an ankle injury ended his season early. The emergence of rookie Joe Mixon led to Hill hitting the free agency market after the season.
He signed a one-year contract with the New England Patriots in 2018, slotted as a depth running back before tearing his ACL in Week 1 and missing the remainder of the year. After sitting out the 2019 season, he signed with the Las Vegas Raiders during the 2020 preseason but was cut shortly thereafter.
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