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Nobody has gone a full season unbeaten since, and half a century of challengers has not changed that. De'Von Achane is the fastest man on any field he walks onto and turns a two-yard crease into six points. September in south Florida does half the work unaided.
The fantasy roster, best rated first
Fantasy-relevant players only. Quarterbacks, backs, receivers and tight ends, which is what HexMetrics prices. 1 of them sit inside the league's top 25, 1 inside the top 50, 1 inside the top 100.
How roster strength is built: the seven slots behind 62.8
HexScore rates a player against others at his own position, so the seven below are not added up: each is weighted by what its slot is worth to an offence, and the weights are in the last column.
The case for the 2026 season
Last in the league by roster strength, fourth youngest, and one player who is genuinely elite
Miami rate 62.8 for roster strength, 31 of 32, which is last. That is the whole headline and there is no reading of it that improves. What sits underneath is more interesting than the number: a value-weighted age of 24.4 that is 4 of 32 counting youngest first, 53.5% of the club's rated talent held by players under twenty-five, and De'Von Achane at 98.1, 18 of 457. One elite player, a very young room, and a projected defense the model puts 32 of 32.
The speed is real and it is measured
De'Von Achane rates 98.1 against other backs, 18 in a pool of 457 rated skill players, and he is the only Miami player inside the league's top 50. The scheme is spread, pass rate 0.53, tempo 0.91 against a league average of one. That is a club built to run out of the huddle and go, and it has exactly one player the model considers a weapon.
I have argued for years that separation and yards after the catch beat contested-catch reputation, and that the gap between those two is where receiver rankings go wrong. The problem here is not that the model has the wrong receivers ranked in the wrong order. It is that the first receiver rates 60.3 and the second rates 55.5, and neither number needs a philosophical argument to interpret.
The quarterback slot is the whole gap
71.9 at quarterback, and that slot carries 28% of the club figure. Every other club in this division rates higher there. That single number is most of the distance between 62.8 and the league median of 75.6, and pretending otherwise would be the kind of thing this market says in September.
Run the seven slots: 71.9, 98.1, 17.5, 60.3, 55.5, 57.4, 43.3. One of those is a top-twenty player in football. The rest are a list of men the model has no strong opinion about, and a starting seven with no strong opinions in it is how a club finishes 31 of 32.
What the youth is actually worth
53.5% of the club's rated talent is held by players under twenty-five and the plain roster age is 24. Against a league mean age of 26 that is a genuinely young room, and young rooms are the only kind that get better without spending anything.
But I treat a September sample as the least informative month of the year, and by the same standard I have to treat a projection off a young roster as the least informative kind of projection. Youth is an argument about the year after this one. It is not an argument about this one, and I am not going to run it as though it were.
The claim, sized correctly
The defense is where this stops being a comfortable argument. The forward composite reads -2.48, which is 32 of 32 and therefore last in the league. Pass defense ranks 26 and rush defense 23. Team Power, which blends both sides of the ball, reads 67 and ranks 22 of 32, which is better than the roster figure and is being carried by scheme rather than by players.
So the honest case is a small one. This is a warm-weather roster and I believe those are systematically underrated in the first half of a season and overrated in the second, which means the version of Miami that shows up in October will look better than this page does. The schedule ranks 9 of 32 counting easiest first and the bye falls in week 6. A fast start is available. A Super Bowl is not, and a market that has stopped pretending about December should not start pretending in August.
The club record
75 players. Read from www.miamidolphins.com on 2026-10-28. Not a HexMetrics rating: this is what the club publishes.
Coaching staff
30 coachesHead Coach
- Head CoachJeff Hafley
Offense
- Offensive CoordinatorBobby Slowik
- Assistant Offensive LineMatt Applebaum
- Running BacksLadell Betts
- Offensive AssistantCJ Conrad
- QuarterbacksBush Hamdan
- Assistant Tight EndsLemuel Jeanpierre
- Assistant Wide ReceiversJonathan Krause
- Tight EndsRon Middleton
- Passing Game CoordinatorKevin Patullo
- Wide ReceiversTyke Tolbert
- Offensive AssistantLeander Wallace
- Offensive LineZach Yenser
Defense
- Defensive CoordinatorSean Duggan
- Defensive Backs / CornerbacksJahmile Addae
- Run Game Coordinator / Senior Defensive AssistantJoe Barry
- Defensive LineAustin Clark
- Assistant LinebackersWendel Davis
- Defensive Quality ControlSiriki Diabate
- Defensive Backs / Passing Game CoordinatorRyan Downard
- Assistant Defensive LineChuka Ndulue
- Assistant Defensive Backs / NickelsDeShawn Shead
- LinebackersAl Washington
Special Teams
- Special Teams CoordinatorChris Tabor
- Assistant Special TeamsBrock Olivo
- Special Teams AssistantDarius Eubanks
Player Performance
- Director, Strength & ConditioningTodd Hunt
- Assistant Director, Strength & ConditioningWillie Jones
- Assistant Strength & Conditioning CoachIke Brown
- Assistant Strength & Conditioning CoachAndrew Papirio
Read from www.miamidolphins.com on 2026-10-28.
Depth chart
Offense
- WR
- Caleb Douglas55.5
- Jared Wayne
- LT
- Patrick Paul
- Chukwuebuka Godrick
- LG
- Kadyn Proctor
- Jarrett Kingston
- C
- Aaron Brewer
- Andrew Meyer
- RG
- Jonah Savaiinaea
- Caedan Wallace
- DJ Campbell
- RT
- Austin Jackson
- Caedan Wallace
- TE
- Greg Dulcich57.4
- Will Kacmarek10.5
- Seydou Traore
- Justin Joly
- FB
- DJ Herman
- RB
- QB
- Malik Willis71.9
- Kyle McCord
- WR
- WR
- Chris Bell43.3
- Jalen Tolbert24.2
Defense
- DT
- Jordan Phillips
- Kenneth Grant
- DT
- Zach Sieler
- Zeek Biggers
- EDGE
- Chop Robinson
- Malik Herring
- Rodney McGraw
- EDGE
- Josh Uche
- Rob Beal Jr.
- ILB
- Jordyn Brooks
- Jackson Woodard
- Shaka Heyward
- ILB
- Jacob Rodriguez
- Willie Gay Jr.
- NB
- Chris Johnson
- Reese Taylor
- CB
- JuJu Brents
- Marcellas Dial Jr.
- CB
- Jason Marshall Jr.
- Jaylin Simpson
- S
- Michael Taaffe
- Zayne Anderson
- S
- Dante Trader Jr.
- Kyle Louis
- Julius Wood
Special Teams
- P
- Bradley Pinion
- H
- Bradley Pinion
- LS
- Tucker Addington
- KR
- Malik Washington60.3
- Jaylen Wright16.6
- PR
Full roster
13 of 59 rated| # | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | Exp | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active53 | |||||||
| Offense | |||||||
| 2 | Malik WillisRated | QB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | 5 | Liberty |
| 14 | Kyle McCord | QB | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | 1 | Syracuse |
| 0 | Ollie Gordon IIRated | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 22 | 2 | Oklahoma State |
| 5 | Jaylen WrightRated | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | 3 | Tennessee |
| 30 | Kaytron AllenRated | RB | 5-11 | 217 | 23 | R | Penn State |
| 34 | DJ Herman | FB | 6-1 | 242 | 24 | R | San Diego State |
| 1 | Jalen TolbertRated | WR | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | 5 | South Alabama |
| 6 | Malik WashingtonRated | WR | 5-8 | 192 | 26 | 3 | Virginia |
| 7 | Caleb DouglasRated | WR | 6-4 | 208 | 23 | R | Texas Tech |
| 18 | Chris BellRated | WR | 6-2 | 228 | 22 | R | Louisville |
| 21 | Kevin Coleman Jr.Rated | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | R | Missouri |
| 86 | Jared Wayne | WR | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | 1 | Pittsburgh |
| 80 | Justin JolyRated | TE | 6-3 | 241 | 22 | R | N.C. State |
| 83 | Seydou Traore | TE | 6-4 | 242 | 24 | R | Mississippi State |
| 85 | Greg DulcichRated | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | 5 | UCLA |
| 89 | Will KacmarekRated | TE | 6-6 | 264 | 23 | R | Ohio State |
| 52 | Patrick Paul | T | 6-7 | 325 | 24 | 3 | Houston |
| 62 | Jarrett Kingston | T | 6-4 | 308 | 26 | 3 | USC |
| 73 | Austin Jackson | T | 6-5 | 305 | 27 | 7 | USC |
| 79 | Chukwuebuka Godrick | T | 6-5 | 295 | 26 | 1 | |
| 63 | DJ Campbell | G | 6-3 | 321 | 23 | R | Texas |
| 71 | Jonah Savaiinaea | G | 6-5 | 325 | 22 | 2 | Arizona |
| 55 | Aaron Brewer | C | 6-1 | 290 | 29 | 7 | Texas State |
| 60 | Andrew Meyer | C | 6-3 | 290 | 26 | 3 | Texas-El Paso |
| 74 | Kadyn Proctor | G/T | 6-7 | 360 | 21 | R | Alabama |
| 77 | Caedan Wallace | G/T | 6-5 | 314 | 26 | 3 | Penn State |
| Defense | |||||||
| 9 | Josh Uche | EDGE | 6-3 | 252 | 28 | 7 | Michigan |
| 44 | Chop Robinson | EDGE | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | 3 | Penn State |
| 51 | Rob Beal Jr. | EDGE | 6-4 | 264 | 27 | 4 | Georgia |
| 59 | Rodney McGraw | EDGE | 6-4 | 273 | 24 | R | Western Michigan |
| 90 | Malik Herring | EDGE | 6-3 | 280 | 28 | 6 | Georgia |
| 78 | Kenneth Grant | DL | 6-3 | 326 | 23 | 2 | Michigan |
| 92 | Zach Sieler | DL | 6-6 | 300 | 31 | 9 | Ferris State |
| 93 | Zeek Biggers | DL | 6-6 | 315 | 23 | 2 | Georgia Tech |
| 94 | Jordan Phillips | DL | 6-3 | 324 | 22 | 2 | Maryland |
| 45 | Shaka Heyward | LB | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | 3 | Duke |
| 10 | Jacob Rodriguez | ILB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | R | Texas Tech |
| 20 | Jordyn Brooks | ILB | 6-0 | 240 | 29 | 7 | Texas Tech |
| 40 | Willie Gay Jr. | ILB | 6-1 | 246 | 28 | 7 | Mississippi State |
| 42 | Jackson Woodard | ILB | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | 1 | UNLV |
| 3 | Chris Johnson | CB | 6-0 | 196 | 21 | R | San Diego State |
| 4 | Jason Marshall Jr. | CB | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | 2 | Florida |
| 8 | JuJu Brents | CB | 6-3 | 203 | 26 | 4 | Kansas State |
| 24 | Marcellas Dial Jr. | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | 3 | South Carolina |
| 32 | Jaylin Simpson | CB | 6-0 | 179 | 26 | 1 | Auburn |
| 35 | Reese Taylor | CB | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | 2 | Purdue |
| 11 | Dante Trader Jr. | S | 5-11 | 202 | 23 | 2 | Maryland |
| 16 | Michael Taaffe | S | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | R | Texas |
| 19 | Kyle Louis | S | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | R | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | Zayne Anderson | S | 6-2 | 206 | 29 | 4 | BYU |
| 25 | Julius Wood | S | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | 2 | East Carolina |
| Special teams | |||||||
| 48 | Bradley Pinion | P | 6-5 | 250 | 32 | 12 | Clemson |
| 46 | Tucker Addington | LS | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | 1 | Sam Houston State |
| Active/Physically Unable to Perform1 | |||||||
| 22 | Darrell Baker Jr. | CB | 6-1 | 197 | 28 | 4 | Georgia Southern |
| Reserve/Injured5 | |||||||
| 28 | De'Von AchaneRated | RB | 5-9 | 195 | 25 | 4 | Texas A&M |
| 56 | Ronnie Harrison Jr. | ILB | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | 9 | Alabama |
| 95 | Rene Konga | DL | 6-3 | 298 | 23 | R | Louisville |
| 17 | Trey Moore | EDGE/ILB | 6-2 | 247 | 23 | R | Texas |
| 87 | Cole Turner | TE | 6-6 | 261 | 26 | 3 | Nevada |
Practice squad
1 of 16 rated| # | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | Exp | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Squad16 | |||||||
| Offense | |||||||
| 15 | Brady Cook | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | 2 | Missouri |
| 26 | Carlos Washington Jr. | RB | 5-11 | 210 | R | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| 81 | Will Sheppard | WR | 6-3 | 196 | 24 | 1 | Colorado |
| 82 | AJ Henning | WR | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | 1 | Northwestern |
| 88 | Jalen Reagor | WR | 5-11 | 200 | 27 | 6 | TCU |
| 87 | Tre Watson | TE | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | 1 | Texas A&M |
| 72 | Gottlieb Ayedze | T | 6-4 | 305 | 26 | 1 | Maryland |
| 65 | James Ester | G | 6-3 | 310 | 25 | 1 | Northern Illinois |
| Defense | |||||||
| 53 | Amari Gainer | EDGE | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | 2 | North Carolina |
| 57 | Max Llewellyn | EDGE | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | R | Iowa |
| 95 | Eric Watts | DE | 6-5 | 277 | 26 | 2 | Connecticut |
| 98 | Jordan Jefferson | DT | 6-2 | 316 | 25 | 3 | LSU |
| 50 | Liam Anderson | ILB | 6-3 | 226 | 26 | 1 | Holy Cross |
| 27 | Ethan Bonner | CB | 6-1 | 192 | 27 | 3 | Stanford |
| 43 | Major Burns | S | 6-2 | 209 | 24 | 1 | LSU |
| Special teams | |||||||
| 31 | Zane GonzalezRated | K | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | 9 | Arizona State |
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