Tyrel Dodson

Miami Dolphins

Pos LB

Updated October 8, 2026

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Model Score

74.8 MODEL

2022

70.4

2023

71.3

2024

79.3

2025

80.2

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 →

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.