One Dolphins Tight End Target for Each Day of the 2026 Draft

The third in a series, Miami Dolphins on SI continues its look at prospects by position the Miami Dolphins could consider on each day of the 2026 NFL draft.

With 11 overall picks and multiple selections each day, new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan should be able to fill some of his young team’s roster holes. Tight end is a position without too many high-end prospects but also some intriguing ones in the middle rounds.

There remains a question as to how offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik will handle fullback/tight end, so the team could go a few different directions.

Here is one tight end Miami could consider on each day of the draft, with Round 1 on Thursday, April 23, Rounds 2-3 on Friday, April 24, and Rounds 5-7 on Saturday, April 25.

DAY 1

Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon

There is only one tight end worthy of being selected in Round 1 this year, and that player is Oregon's super-athletic Kenyon Sadiq.

Sadiq will not be available at pick 30, so if Miami goes in that direction, it will be doing something out of character based on Sullivan and the model set forth in Green Bay.

But if the Dolphins do truly go best player available in this draft, Sadiq may be the top pick on boards at 11. His numbers last year were good but not spectacular (51 receptions for 560 yards (11.0 ypc) and 8 touchdowns), but his testing numbers were off the charts (4.39 40-yard dash, a 43 ½-inch vertical and 11-1 broad jump) and if Slowik chooses to go with a Shannon Sharpe-style H-back as Mike Shanahan once used, Sadiq would be intriguing.

DAY 2

Oscar Delp, Georgia

Delp is interesting for his versatility.

Originally more of an F tight end or H-back, Delp worked his way into becoming a viable Y option over his four years at Georgia. Blocking isn’t his forte, but it also isn’t a glaring weakness. He had a foot fracture that was revealed at the combine, but came back at the UGA Pro Day and ran a 4.48 40-yard dash with a 38½-inch vertical and 10-0 broad jump.

He has a limited body of work after living behind the likes of Brock Bowers (Raiders) and Darnell Washington (Steelers) where he averaged around 20 receptions a year the last three seasons.

He’s 6-5, 245 and could be a nice F late Round 3 option who could develop into more.

DAY 3

Marlin Klein, Michigan

Another player who was late to get his chance (due to Colston Loveland), Klein is an intriguing Y and a personal favorite for best value in this draft at tight end.

One of the better run blocking tight ends in the class, Klein is 6-6, 248 and he can block inline and in space. Michigan split him out at times, only to utilize him as a blocker for a receiver with whom he was in stack formation, but he runs real well (4.61) is athletic (36-inch vertical) and seems like one of the higher-potential players at the position this year.