The Miami Dolphins are in serious need of depth at wide receiver this offseason, as Cedrick Wilson Jr., Braxton Berrios, Robbie Chosen and Chase Claypool are all set to be unrestricted free agents when the new league year starts.
Luckily for Miami, they’ll be getting back one of their wideouts who missed most of last season – Erik Ezukanma.
Ezukanma, 24, was a fourth-round pick of the Dolphins back in 2022 following a collegiate career at Texas Tech that included one Second-team All-Big 12 season (2021) and one First-team All-Big 12 season (2020).
Just two games into Ezukanma’s second year in the league, he was placed on the non-football injury list due to a neck injury that the receiver had actually suffered in college.
The last update we heard was from Ezukanma’s positional coach Wes Welker, who had said back in November that he still hadn’t been cleared after the wideout shared his desires to play on social media.
That was until the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson reported on Thursday that Ezukanma’s injuries were not considered career-threatening and that he had been cleared to return to football action.
The former Red Raiders hasn’t made a huge impact yet in his NFL career (one reception for three yards), but he seemed to be carving out a role as a hybrid running back/wide receiver last year before being placed on the NFI list.
With many of the roster spots up in the air, 2024 might be his best opportunity to carve out a role for himself in South Florida.