Dolphins announce 12 players signed to futures deals

The Dolphins brought back a dozen players who were on their practice squad at the end of the season.

The Miami Dolphins signed a dozen players to futures deals, the team announced Tuesday.

Reserve/future deals, typically a minimum-salary contract, don’t count against the team’s salary cap or roster limit until the beginning of the next league year. Essentially that means those type of contracts are a way to keep players while roster limits haven’t yet been expanded back to a maximum of 90 players, which will happen when the new league year begins in March.

The following 12 players are set to spend the offseason with the Dolphins:

  • WR Tarik Black
  • LB William Bradley-King
  • S Jordan Colbert
  • DT Neil Farrell
  • OT Ryan Hayes
  • OL Chasen Hines
  • LB Dequan Jackson
  • CB Isaiah Johnson
  • CB Jason Maitre
  • T Bayron Matos
  • LB Derrick McLendon
  • TE Hayden Rucci

All 12 players spent time on the Dolphins’ roster in 2024 and were on the team’s practice squad at the end of the season. Hayes, a seventh-round pick in 2023, is the only player on the list who was drafted by Miami.

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