Number 91 and the Three Dolphins Who Wore It Best

We're now 91 days away from the start of the NFL regular season, so we honor the best players who have worn that number for the Miami Dolphins

Alain Poupart | Jun 9, 2022

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The countdown to the start of the 2022 regular season has begun now that we're under 100 days away, so we'll honor every day the best players to wear the corresponding number for the Dolphins.

Today, we're at number 91.

As a reminder about the ground rules, the top three will be determined only by what the players did while wearing that uniform for the Dolphins.

Players who wore 91 for at least one regular season game for the Dolphins:

LB Ed Judie (1984), DT Mack Moore (1985-86), DE Fred Robinson (1986), LB Victor Morris (1987), DE Jeff Cross (1988-95), DE Lorenzo Bromell (1998-2001), DE Jay Williams (2002-04), DL Vonnie Holliday (2005-08), DE/LB Cameron Wake (2009-18), DE Emmanuel Ogbah (2020-21)

The breakdown of 91 with the Dolphins

The Dolphins have gotten some solid production out of that number ever since Jeff Cross began wearing it in 1988. Cross had 59.5 sacks in his eight NFL seasons, all with the Dolphins, reaching double digits three times. Lorenzo Bromell holds a share of the Dolphins rookie sack record with 8 in 1998. Jay Williams was a very good backup who appeared in every game from 2002-04 before Vonnie Holliday started 59 games in four seasons. Holliday had seven sacks in 2006 and 3.5 in 2008 when he helped the Dolphins win the AFC East. And then, of course, there's Cameron Wake, who simply was the Dolphins' best player in the 2010s after coming over from the Canadian Football League. Emmanuel Ogbah has been very good since joining the Dolphins with nine sacks in each of his two seasons and an NFL-best 12 passes batted at the line in 2021.

Worth noting

Mack Moore had 5.5 sacks in his first season with the Dolphins, including two in the big Monday night victory against the Chicago Bears in December 1985. ... Fred Robinson and Victor Morris both were former University of Miami players; Morris started all three strike replacement games in 1987 but didn't play another game in the NFL.

The top three Dolphins players with number 91

1. Cameron Wake

2. Jeff Cross

3. Emmanuel Ogbah

Published Jun 9, 2022

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.