Dolphins signing DL Da’Shawn Hand, cut Anthony Montalvo

The Miami Dolphins added one defensive lineman and cut another Sunday.

Da’Shawn Hand, an Alabama alum with 31 games of NFL experience since 2018, is signing with the Dolphins, according to a league source.

Meanwhile, Miami released defensive tackle Anthony Montalvo, an undrafted free agent out of UCF, per league source.

Hand was one of three defensive linemen that worked out for the Dolphins on Saturday, along with former FSU defensive tackle Marvin Wilson and Illinois alum Roderick Perry. He has mostly played defensive end since he was a fourth-round selection of the Detroit Lions in 2018, but his 6-foot-3, 297-pound frame could potentially give defensive coordinator Vic Fangio options on where to align him up front.

Twenty-nine of Hand’s NFL appearances and his 11 starts have come with the Lions, while he appeared in a game apiece for the Tennessee Titans between the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Hand has 54 career tackles, six for loss, three sacks, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

Playing for Alabama from 2014 to 2017, the final year of his college career matched up with Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s freshman season with the Crimson Tide. His last two college seasons coincided with Dolphins nose tackle Raekwon Davis in Tuscaloosa, but he just missed wide receiver Jaylen Waddle by a year.