Dolphins Take Care of Another First-Round Pick

The Miami Dolphins reportedly have agreed to terms with their second of three first-round picks

Alain Poupart | Jun 11, 2020

We wrote about the Dolphins' success in signing their draft picks earlier this week, and now it appears they've signed a second first-round pick.

Offensive tackle Austin Jackson has agreed to terms on his rookie contract, according to ESPN NFL reporter Field Yates.

The Dolphins have signed first round OT Austin Jackson, per source. He’s the second of their three first round picks to sign his rookie deal.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) June 11, 2020

Jackson joins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa under contract and the Dolphins now have two of the three first-round picks signed around the entire NFL. The other one is defensive tackle Derrick Brown, the seventh overall selection of the Carolina Panthers.

The Dolphins now have nine of their 11 picks from the 2020 draft under contract, with the only two still remaining to be signed being cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, the team's third first-round pick, and offensive lineman Robert Hunt, the first of their two second-round selections.

Jackson was a three-year letterman and two-year starter at USC, and he earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors in 2019.

The Dolphins began their signing of draft picks with fourth-round selection Solomon Kindley, and followed them by signing Tagovailoa, second-round Raekwon Davis, third-round pick Brandon Jones, fifth-round selections Jason Strowbridge and Curtis Weaver, sixth-round pick Blake Ferguson, and seventh-round choice Malcolm Perry.

Perry, the former quarterback from Navy, had been the last Dolphins 2020 draft pick to come to terms, which happened earlier this month.

Published Jun 11, 2020

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.