The familiar face the Dolphins are turning to at wide receiver brings Miami’s Tyreek Hill experience full-circle
Time, as they say, is a flat circle. That goes for Miami’s wide receiver room, apparently.
The Miami Dolphins are living a reality that proves one of Mike McDaniel’s favorite sayings to be be true.
“If you play football long enough, there is a 100% injury rate.”
Tyreek Hill, he who seemingly never missed more than a handful of snaps or perhaps a game, is out for the year by the end of September. And as a result, the Dolphins have themselves a need at wide receiver. As it turns out, they’ve picked one already. And the irony of their choice is hard to miss. Welcome back to the Dolphins, Cedrick Wilson Jr.
Miami signs wide receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. off the Saints practice squad
What makes the signing of Cedrick Wilson Jr. ironic? Remember, he initially signed a handsome free agent contract with the Dolphins back in 2022. And, shortly thereafter, none other than Tyreek Hill arrived as Miami was able to swing the trade to land him from Kansas City. And Wilson, who spent two years with the Dolphins in 2022 and 2023, struggled to manifest a consistent role in the offense because Tyreek Hill‘s arrival so dramatically changed what the DNA of the offense looked like.
Who is wide receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr?
- Former sixth-round draft choice by the Dallas Cowboys in 2018
- Played with the Miami Dolphins in 2022 and 2023
- Signed with the New Orleans Saints in 2024, was on the Saints practice squad in 2025
- Posted 45 receptions for 602 yards and 6 touchdowns with the Cowboys in 2021
- Posted a career best 13.5 yards per reception on 22 catches in Miami in 2023
Now, with Hill disappearing into the unknown of surgery and recovery from injury, the player who was originally supposed to be Jaylen Waddle’s running mate is once again tabbed with taking on a role for Miami’s offense. It’s unlikely that we see Wilson assume a prominent role in the passing attack but there’s familiarity with the system and it could potentially even be a context clue to Miami’s intentions to run an offense like the one McDaniel originally intended in 2022 before Hill became available via blockbuster trade.
The saying goes that you must adapt or die in the football world. McDaniel and the Dolphins were already trying to adapt before Hill’s injury — but now their hand is being forced. And, in an ironic kind of way, the adaption may end up looking like the old plans for the offense instead of a new one all together.
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