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Mostert Cleared for Start of Dolphins Camp

Miami Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert posted the good news on social media

Alain Poupart

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Raheem Mostert has been cleared for the start of training camp with the Miami Dolphins.

The running back, signed in the offseason as an unrestricted free agent from the San Francisco 49ers, shared the good news on social media Monday morning.

Mostert was a question mark, of course, because of the serious knee injury he sustained in the 2021 opener that ended his final season with the 49ers about as fast as it started.

He didn't take part in the offseason program as he continued to rehab, but he tweeted in mid-June that he was getting close to 100 percent and head coach Mike McDaniel said the target was for him to be ready for the start of the regular season.

That timetable clearly has been surpassed.

That said, the Dolphins figure to be cautious with how much work they give Mostert in training camp and during the preseason, in part because McDaniel knows full well what he has in the speedy back, whose first NFL regular season game came with Miami back in 2017.

Mostert was one of three veteran running backs the Dolphins added in the offseason along with Chase Edmonds and Sony Michel, but Mostert will get his share of carries and is as good a bet as any to end up being the starter.

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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.

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