The Miami Dolphins‘ scouting staff has their hands full.

On top of all the responsibilities that come with a regular NFL Draft scouting cycle, the Dolphins’ front office is dealing with a seismic change at the midway point of the process. There’s a new general manager in town, plus a new head coach and staff. And the team is starting at the ground floor with a new build. It comes with new priorities and new traits to covet — all of that changing mid-draft cycle.

It makes this year’s NFL Draft that much more important for Miami. The new regime’s first event in this process was the 2026 Panini Senior Bowl, which wrapped up this past weekend. With that new influence now complete, what could Miami’s draft look like? Here’s a fresh Miami Dolphins seven-round 2026 NFL mock draft to explore.

Post-Senior Bowl Miami Dolphins 2026 7-round NFL mock draft

Round 1, pick 11 – Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State

Styles is one of the cleanest projections in the 2026 NFL Draft. He’s big, long, fast, wins in space, can fit the run, is a reliable tackler, you name it. He just…plays off-ball linebacker. And that hurts his assessment in the eyes of many, as you don’t typically take the position that high.

This is not a typical draft, however. And Styles is also not your typical linebacker prospect. If the Dolphins want to be strong in their front, pairing Styles with LB Jordyn Brooks makes a ton of sense.

And remember this: Jeff Hafley had two high draft picks on his defense in Green Bay with Edge Cooper and Quay Walker. The new defensive coordinator is Sean Duggan, who has a linebacker background. The team just retained Joe Barry, a former defensive coordinator with Green Bay ties and…you guessed it, a linebacker background.

Round 2, pick 43 – Zion Young, EDGE, Missouri

This is our first Senior Bowl selection of this mock, and there will be several. Young was a treat to watch play with burst and power in Mobile, and he checked in at an impressive 262 pounds. He’s an NFL-ready defensive end with nine sacks and 22 tackles for loss over the past two seasons.

Young would be a healthy addition to a Dolphins edge room that is thin on available players and long-term answers. Should the team choose to move on from Bradley Chubb as a cap casualty, any pick they make on the edge is on the fast track to significant snaps.

Round 3, pick 75 – Jalen Farmer, OG, Kentucky

“I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer – Jalen Farmer, probably

Holy smokes, this dude’s tape is a lot of fun. If you’re committed to “building the trenches” and “getting more physical up front,” Farmer is the kind of prospect that will catch your eye.

Defenders can use his aggressiveness against him, leaving plenty of room for improvement. But if you like a strong anchor, easy power, and strong hands, this is a prospect to keep tabs on. His lack of positional flexibility may hurt him in the draft evaluation game: he’s a guard through and through.

Round 3, pick 87 – Ted Hurst, WR, Georgia State

Hurst would make it three straight picks from the Senior Bowl roster. He’s a big-bodied, physical pass catcher with length and a vertical element to his game. For a team that needs to diversify its wide receiver room’s skill set, Hurst makes a lot of sense.

And few teams have done better at acquiring different body types and skill sets at wide receiver in recent years than Green Bay, with new Dolphins GM Jon-Eric Sullivan as the No. 2 in command. This one makes plenty of sense.

Round 3, pick 90 – Zakee Wheatley, SAF, Penn State

FOUR straight picks off the Senior Bowl roster! Wheatley is the definition of a big safety — he checked in at the weigh-in for the Senior Bowl at 6-2 and 3/4ths, 201 pounds and 31-inch arms.

He’s a capable player in deep zones and the intermediate areas of the field. Hafley did wonders with a trio of young safeties during his first season in Green Bay in 2024; perhaps Wheatley could be his Miami version of Evan Williams, a mid-round hit out of Oregon that season.

Round 4, pick 111 – Drew Allar, QB, Penn State

The streak of Senior Bowl picks off the roster ends with the selection of Allar. I don’t know what kind of quarterback bets the Dolphins will place this season, but they will be some equivalent of a scratch-off. Allar was a potential first-round pick at the end of the 2024 college season but chose to come back to Penn State in 2025 for unfinished business. Whoops. A lower-body injury ended his senior season mid-way through the year for a disappointing Penn State program, too.

Allar has prototypical size, a big-time arm, and showed flashes of the clutch gene during his time at Penn State. Ball security and decision-making weren’t where they needed to be, but the juice would be worth the squeeze at this juncture.

Round 5, pick 149 – Gracen Halton, DT, Oklahoma

The one thing Miami’s revamped defensive tackle group is missing is a pass rush specialist. Hafley had it in Green Bay with Karl Brooks, and Miami gets a shot at one here with an undersized pass rusher, Gracen Halton. He, you guessed it, was a Senior Bowl participant last week and performed well in the pass-rush one-on-ones.

Round 7, pick 227 – John Michael Gyllenborg, TE, Wyoming

He was the fastest tight end in Mobile. GPS tracking had Gyllenborg at over 18.5 miles per hour during practices. Miami needs a lottery ticket on a well-rounded skill set at tight end, and Gyllenborg is a worthwhile hack at it here late in the draft.

He checked in over 250 pounds with that speed and is a bit of a late bloomer — there may be something here worth digging for.

Former Wyoming tight end John Michael Gyllenborg has posted the fastest speed of the TE group at the Panini Senior Bowl. 18.57 mph. pic.twitter.com/92SayJRRnK

— Pokes News (@Pokes_News) January 30, 2026