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Dolphins Cut Former Pitt DT

The Miami Dolphins waived former Pitt Panthers defensive tackle Jaylen Twyman.
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Dolphins Cut Former Pitt DT
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PITTSBURGH -- The Miami Dolphins have waived a former Pitt Panthers defensive lineman who had spent the past two seasons with them. 

Jaylen Twyman, a former sixth-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings who signed with the Dolphins practice squad last season and re-signed with them on a reserve/futures contract during the offseason, was part of a large roster cut this week, little more than 24 hours before the deadline to trim NFL rosters from 90 to 53 players

Twyman had worked his way back from multiple gunshot wounds, sustained just months after he was drafted 199th overall by Minnesota in the 2021 NFL Draft. He sat out all of the 2021-22 season while recovering from those injuries and returned to the field in June for training camp. He appeared in all three preseason games for the Vikings, recording seven total tackles.

Across his two seasons with the Dolphins, Twyman appeared in five preseason games, recording 12 total tackles and 1.5 sacks. 

At Pitt, he was named a second-team All-American and earned first-team All-ACC honors in 2019 after recording 41 tackles, 10.5 sacks and 12 tackles for loss in 13 games. He opted out of the 2020 season. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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