The Miami Dolphins, after signing Ronnie Harrison and taking Jacob Rodriguez and Kyle Louis in the second and fourth rounds of the 2026 NFL draft respectively, have one of the deepest linebacker rooms in the league.
With that, there’s a chance that at least one veteran is left without a spot on the team’s 53-man roster coming out of training camp this year. Knowing this, Miami could look to trade one of their linebackers and get back some draft compensation.
This week, Bleacher Report’s Moe Moton identified Willie Gay Jr. as a potential trade candidate for the Dolphins in this scenario.
“The Dolphins have a crowded linebacker room of veterans and rookies… If Miami thins the rotation at that position, he could be the first to go,” Moton wrote.
Gay, 28, played collegiately at Mississippi State from 2017-19, before the Kansas City Chiefs took him in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft. After four years in Kansas City, where he won two Super Bowls, he spent one season with the New Orleans Saints.
Miami signed Gay to a one-year deal in 2025, and he went on to play 12% of the team’s defensive snaps and 29% of their special teams snaps, recording 20 tackles. He re-signed with the Dolphins on another one-year contract this offseason, but that was before Miami took Rodriguez and Louis in the draft.
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