Lottery ticket season is officially here as the Dolphins take their first swing on a former second-round wide receiver
It is officially “lotto ticket” season in South Florida.
Welcome to ‘lottery ticket season’, Miami Dolphins fans.
The Dolphins are entering into a 2026 offseason in which much of the roster is expected to be churned once again — although this time for very different reasons than what we’ve seen the last few years. In the final two years of the Mike McDaniel era, team leadership assured the world that it was totally normal for half the roster to be different year-to-year. Meanwhile, the team led the league in snaps lost defensively from 2024 to 2025 — and that was in June before trading away Jalen Ramsey.
The roster churn this year is a little different. Miami is transitioning into a new era with new leadership. And, accordingly, they’re going to go about resetting the salary cap and building a new roster for a new vision. With that task now underway, Miami will be looking for diamonds in the rough and taking some shots at fliers to compete for roster spots. We now know the first one new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan has targeted.
Dolphins agree to terms with former second-round draft pick Terrace Marshall Jr. at wide receiver
Terrace Marshall Jr. is a Miami Dolphin.
Marshall Jr. played his college football at LSU with Joe Burrow and company before being drafted in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Standing in at 6-foot-2 1/2 and 205 pounds, Marshall posted a 4.40 40-yard dash, a 39″ vertical leap, and a 10’05” standing broad jump at his Pro Day in that spring. He’s a height/weight/speed option for a wide receiver room.
But Marshall’s career never got off the ground. He struggled for three seasons in Carolina before catching three passes in seven games with the Raiders in 2024. Marshall also had stops in San Francisco (2024) and Philadelphia (2025) but did not log any snaps this past season. Despite the hardship, he’s still just 25 years old — he turns 26 in June. There’s no guarantee that Marshall claims a sizable role in the Dolphins’ 2026 wide receiver room. Or that he even makes the team. But the Dolphins have not waited long to start targeting scratch-off tickets in hopes that a few of them hit the jackpot. They’ll have room for some on the roster — and Marshall just claimed a seat.
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