Dolphins Sign Seven Players for 2023 Season

The Miami Dolphins retained seven players from their practice squad

Alain Poupart | Jan 16, 2023

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The process of building the 2023 roster has begun for the Miami Dolphins.

The team announced Monday it had signed seven players to future contracts: DT Josiah Bronson, OL Lester Cotton, CB Tino Ellis, LB Cameron Goode, WR Braylon Sanders, T Kion Smith and DT Jaylen Twyman.

All seven players ended the 2022 season on the Dolphins practice squad.

Bronson, Cotton, Sanders and Smith all were elevated for at least one regular season game, and all of them except for Smith got into a game.

Cotton actually started at left guard for the Dolphins in their 34-31 playoff loss against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Sanders played two games and caught two passes for 17 yards.

Goode was one of the team's four 2022 draft picks, selected in the seventh round before the team picked up QB Skylar Thompson with its final selection.

The other members of the practice squad for the Dolphins at the end of their season were FB Jake Bargas, OL James Empey, QB Mike Glennon, WR DaeSean Hamilton, CB Ka'dar Hollman, WR Calvin Jackson, DT R.J. McIntosh, RB La'Mical Perine, DB Jamal Perry and LB Brennan Scarlett. LB Porter Gustin ended the season on the practice squad injured list.

For comparison purposes, the Dolphins signed eight players to future contract last year, Kion Smith being one of them. Not one of the eight played a game for Miami in 2022.

Published Jan 16, 2023

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.