Tyrel Dodson
Miami DolphinsModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 16 games
Draft & College
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
Year-seven tier 8 (#73) STTM finish as a 2019 Texas A&M UDFA puts Dodson in the rarest journeyman class with structural rotational depth ceiling. The Texas A&M SEC UDFA origin plus the multi-team experience give him real journeyman veteran value. The 2026 question is whether Dodson holds tier 8 or whether the role compresses to swing depth.
Dodson came out of Texas A&M as a 2019 undrafted free agent signed by the Buffalo Bills and bounced through the Bills, Seahawks, and now Dolphins across seven NFL seasons. His first STTM top-80 finish comes in 2025 at tier 8 (#73), reflecting the year-seven journeyman late-career band.
Strengths
- Texas A&M SEC UDFA origin plus seven years of NFL survival gives him real journeyman veteran market value.
- Multi-team experience across three systems gives him basic plug-in linebacker veteran depth value.
Concerns
- Single tier 8 finish in year seven puts the 2025 production on a small sample with downside risk.
- Miami's broader defensive identity around the Tua Tagovailoa offensive instability compresses the structural support around Dodson.
What to watch: Whether Dodson holds an active-roster spot for the full 2026 Dolphins season or whether the role compresses to practice-squad rotation.