The Miami Dolphins are already changing the look of their roster before the draft has even arrived, and Tua Tagovailoa’s jersey number is now being worn by someone else. Jordan Tolbert, one of the players Miami brought in this offseason to help rebuild the receiver room, will wear No. 1 this season after the Dolphins held their first workouts of the offseason earlier this week.
In all, 25 players will either change numbers or wear new ones with Miami this year, a reminder that the roster remains in motion even before the team adds help through the draft and again after it. The Dolphins also plan to keep working next week, when they hold another three-day work session during the week of the draft, with the final day ending on the first round.
Tagovailoa has not been gone for a month yet, which gives the number switch an unusual feel even by offseason standards. But the Dolphins’ list of possible jersey changes is not done, and it could shift again after the draft, after June 1st and once training camp starts if players are released.
Some numbers already look like safe bets. The article points to players such as Gordon and Willis as likely to keep what they wear this season, even as Miami continues sorting through the rest of the roster. For now, the clearest sign of what is coming is simpler than any projection: the Dolphins are not finished changing their team, and the number once tied to Tagovailoa is already part of that churn.
