Miami Dolphins rookie doubles down on 4-word message, putting NFL on blast.
Jaylen Wright, a rookie running back for the Miami Dolphins, was disappointed that he dropped during the NFL Draft.
The University of Tennessee product took to social media to attack the rest of the league for enabling him to fall to the No. 120 overall pick and join one of the NFL’s most explosive units.
Wright, who carried for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns as a focal piece of the Volunteers’ attack last season, now has the opportunity to run wild with an offense that also has Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, and De’von Achane, all of whom have track-star speed.
During the Dolphins’ rookie minicamp, the team’s fourth-round pick did not mince words, doubling back on his draft weekend tweet.
“I’m going to remind these teams why they shouldn’t have passed [me up],” Wright stated. “They let a fantastic team have a dawg. That is on them.”
Miami Dolphins RB Jaylen Wright Scouting Report
There’s little denying that the Dolphins’ backfield became more congested during the draft.
Wright, Achane, and Jeff Wilson Jr., but the rookie’s speed and explosiveness suggest he has a shot to carve out a genuine role for the Dolphins.
“Explosive back with good size and breakaway speed,” NFL Media’s Lance Zierlein wrote of Wright. “Wright’s running technique is more linear than free-flowing, limiting his cut smoothness and elusiveness at the second level.
“His vision and aggression as an interior runner are ordinary, but that will not prevent him from racking up yards on the stat sheet. He frequently bounced runs wide and outpaced the pursuit around the corner, thus transitioning to a stretch-based running attack would be a logical fit, allowing his speed to flourish.”
At 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, Wright is a heat-seeking missile of a back on a mission to prove to the rest of the league that he should have been drafted much higher than he was this year.
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