New Coaches

• Head Coach - Jimmy Johnson
• Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks - Gary Stevens
• Offensive Backs - Kippy Brown
• Offensive Line - Larry Beightol
• Receivers - Larry Seiple
• Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers - George Hill
• Defensive Backs - Mel Phillips
• Special Teams - Mike Westhoff
• Asst Offensive Line - Rich McGeorge
• Defensive Line - Gary Godette
• Tight Ends - Pat Jones
• Defensive Nickel Coach - Bill Lewis
• Strength and Conditioning - John Gamble
• Assistant Strength and Conditioning - Brad Roll
• Defensive Staff Assistant - Joel Collier
• Offensive Assistant - Les Koenning
• Kicking Coach - Doug Blevins

Players

Status Codes

U - Unsigned Unrestricted Free Agent

T - Designated Transition Player

F - Designated Franchise Player

R - Unsigned Restricted Free Agent

X - Unsigned exclusive rights Free Agent

+ - Newly signed Free Agent

$ - Re-signed Dolphins Free Agent

& - Restructured Contract

! - Unsigned Draft selection

@ - Signed Draft selection

* - Trade pick-up

= - Undrafted rookie signee

? - Status Unknown

                                          Signed 
 #   Name              Pos.    Ht    Wt  Through  Exp    College

Quarterbacks:

   7 Craig Erickson     QB    6-3    209   1997    6    Miami
+ 11 Damon Huard        QB    6-3    220   1997    1    Washington
& 13 Dan Marino         QB    6-4    224   1999   15    Pittsburgh   

Running Backs:

+ 20 Ray Nealy          FB    5-11   236   1998    R    Ark/Pine Bluff
+ 21 Lawrence Phillips  RB    6-0    223   1998    2    Nebraska
$ 30 Bernie Parmalee    RB    5-11   196   1997    6    Ball State
  32 Jerris McPhail     RB    5-11   200   1998    2    East Carolina 
  33 Karim Abdul-Jabbar RB    5-10   195   1998    2    UCLA
$ 35 Irving Spikes      RB    5-8    206   1998    4    N.E.Louisiana
  36 Stanley Pritchett  FB    6-1    245   1998    2    South Carolina
+ 42 Roosevelt Potts    FB    6-0    251   1997    4    Northeast Louisiana
+ 48 Jim Kitts          FB    6-2    243   1997    R    Ferrum

Wide Receivers:

+ 80 Brett Perriman     WR    5-9    180   1997   10    Miami 
  81 O.J.McDuffie       WR    5-10   188   2000    5    Penn State
@ 83 Brian Manning      WR    5-11   187   1999    R    Stanford
$ 85 Lamar Thomas       WR    6-1    173   1998    5    Miami
* 86 Qadry Ismail       WR    6-0    196   1997    5    Syracuse
  88 Charles Jordan     WR    5-11   183   1999    5    Long Beach City

Tight Ends:

  84 Troy Drayton       TE    6-3    270   2000    4    Penn State
@ 89 Ed Perry           TE    6-4    246   1999    R    James Madison

Offensive Linemen:

  60 John Bock          G/C   6-3    295   1997    3    Indiana State
  61 Tim Ruddy          C     6-3    290   1999    4    Notre Dame
  66 Everett McIver     OG    6-6    315   1997    4    Elizabeth City State
+ 68 Mike Sheldon       T     6-4    295   1998    2    Grand Valley State
@ 74 Brent Smith        OT    6-5    300   1999    R    Miss. St.
  76 James Brown        OT    6-6    329   1998    5    Virginia State
  77 Jeff Buckey        OL    6-5    300   1998    2    Stanford
  78 Richmond Webb      OT    6-6    310   1998    8    Texas A&M

Defensive Tackles:

@ 72 Barron Tanner      DT    6-3    313   1999    R    Oklahoma
  92 Daryl Gardener     DT    6-6    310   2000    2    Baylor
  95 Tim Bowens         DT    6-5    310   1997    4    Mississippi

Defensive Ends:

+ 75 Shane Burton       DT/DE 6-6    300   1998    2    Tennessee
+ 70 Mike Chalenski     DE    6-5    260   1997    4    UCLA  
  93 Trace Armstrong    DE    6-4    260   2000    8    Florida
@ 99 Jason Taylor       DE    6-6    245   1999    R    Akron

Linebackers:

$ 50 Dwight Hollier     LB    6-2    250   1999    5    North Carolina
  51 Anthony Harris     LB    6-1    224   1997    2    Auburn
  54 Zack Thomas        LB    5-11   231   1998    2    Texas Tech
  56 Mike Crawford      LB    6-2    235   1997    R    Nevada
$ 57 O.J.Brigance       LB    6-0    220   1998    2    Rice
@ 59 Derrick Rodgers    LB    6-1    221   1999    R    Arizona State

Cornerbacks:

  24 Jerry Wilson       CB    5-10   185   1997    3    Southern U.
& 27 Terrell Buckley    CB    5-9    176   1999    6    Florida State
+ 28 Denorse Mosley     CB    6-1    180   1998    1    Edinboro
@ 29 Sam Madison        CB    5-11   178   2000    R    Louisville
$ 34 Tim Jacobs         CB    5-10   185   1997    5    Delaware 
  38 Calvin Jackson     CB    5-9    185   1999    3    Auburn

Safeties:

  22 Shawn Wooden       S     5-11   189   1997    2    Notre Dame
+ 23 George Teague      S     6-1    195   1999    5    Alabama
+ 25 Corey Harris       S     5-11   200   1999    6    Vanderbilt
+ 31 Brian Walker       S     6-1    190   1998    2    Washington St

Special Teams:

+ 10 Olindo Mare        K     5-10   178   1997    2    Syracuse
+ 17 John Kidd          P     6-3    214   1997   14    Northwestern

(inj) - Injured...

Offense:

Pos  Starters	   2nd Team    3rd Team    Others	

QB - Marino        Erickson    Huard
RB - Abdul-Jabbar  Parmalee    McPhail     Phillips   Spikes  Nealy 
FB - Pritchett     Potts       Kitts(inj)
WR - Perriman      L.Thomas    Manning
WR - McDuffie      Ismail      Jordan(inj)
TE - Drayton       Perry       
LT - Webb          Buckey      Smith
LG - Buckey        Bock        Sheldon 
C  - Ruddy         Bock        Sheldon 
RG - McIver        Bock        Sheldon   
RT - Brown         Buckey

Defense:

RDE - Taylor       Burton       
RDT - Gardener     Tanner
LDT - Bowens       Burton      
LDE - Armstrong    Chalenski
SLB - Harris       Hollier      Brigance
MLB - Z.Thomas     Hollier      Crawford
WLB - Rodgers      Harris       Brigance
CB  - Madison      Jacobs       Mosley
CB  - Buckley      Wilson
FS  - C.Jackson    Teague       
SS  - Wooden       Harris       Walker

• P - Kidd
• K - Mare
• Pr - McDuffie, Buckley, Jordan(inj)
• Kr - McPhail, Harris, Ismail

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• WR Jasper Strong
• OG Randy Wheeler
• TE Isaac Curtis III
• WR Philip Riley
• OG Barry Stokes

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• 82 Frank Wainwright
• 26 S Bracey Walker
• 55 LB Ronnie Ward
• 96 DE Daniel Stubbs
• 87 WR Yatil Green
• 89 WR Kirby Dar Dar
• 53 LB Larry Izzo

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• Dec 9th, 1997
  • OL Keith Sims

• Nov 18th, 1997
  • FB DeWayne Dotson

• Nov 10th, 1997
  • DE Dunstan Anderson

• Oct 13th, 1997
  • WR Fred Barnett
  • CB Clayton Holmes

• Oct 7th, 1997
  • P Kyle Richardson

• Oct 6th, 1997
  • K Joe Nedney

• Oct 3rd, 1997
  • P John Kidd

• Sept. 29th, 1997
  • OT Andre Johnson

• Sept. 8th, 1997
  • P Kyle Richardson

• Sept. 6th, 1997
  • LB Mike Crawford

• August 24th, 1997
  • S Sean Hill

• August 23rd, 1997
  • DT Norman Hand
  • WR Lawrence Dawsey
  • LB Eddie Sutter
  • QB Damon Huard
  • WR Scott Miller
  • S Earl Little

• August 20th, 1997
  • WR Jasper Strong

• August 18th, 1997
  • S Charles Anthony
  • OT Jerome Daniels
  • DE Larry Jackson
  • LB Marc Lillibridge
  • DT Mike Mohring
  • FB Ray Nealy
  • TE Walter Reeves
  • WR Dimitrious Stanley
  • DE Oscar Sturgis
  • G Randy Wheeler
  • FB Robert Wilson
  • G Donnie Young

• August 12th, 1997
  • K Joe Nedney
  • G Chris Gray
  • CB Melvin Cunningham
  • CB Cedric Davis
  • RB Brandon Bennett
  • WR Terence Davis
  • QB Spence Fischer

• July 31st, 1997
  • LB John Fiala
  • DE Nicholas Lopez

• July 30th, 1997
  • WR James Dye
  • S Hudhaifa Ismaeli
  • P Rob Deignan

• July 21st, 1997
  • OL Cal Dixon

• July 14th, 1997
  • DE Latori Workman

• July 11th, 1997
  • LB Vince Bruno

• July 10th, 1997
  • FB Lee McClinton

• July 9th, 1997
  • P Rob Deignan

• June 10th, 1997
  • WR Daryl Frazier

• May 13th, 1997
  • CB AJ Johnson
  • WR Tyrone Williams

• April 20th, 1997
  • Bernie Kosar Retires

• April 11th, 1997
  • CB Derrick Atterberry

• March 20th, 1997
  • CB Robert Bailey

• February 27th, 1997
  • WR Scott Miller

• February 13th, 1997
  • DT Steve Emtman

• February 3rd, 1997
  • LB Chris Singleton
  • CB JB Brown