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How the Miami Dolphins Were Impressed by Chop Robinson at the 2024 Combine


INDIANAPOLIS — The Miami Dolphins are going to continue scouting and evaluating the draft prospects at the 2025 combine, all in the hope of being able to hit again in the first round as they did last year with Chop Robinson.

They will be hard-pressed to find a player performing as well in his interview and on-field workout as Robinson did, however.

Defensive linemen and edge defenders kicked off the on-field workouts Thursday, keeping the same schedule as last year and on that first day of workouts in 2024 Robinson killed it.

He ran a 4.48 40-yard dash, the second-best for any edge defender in the 2024 draft, tied for highest vertical jump and earned the highest NextGen Stats athleticism score at his position after checking in at 6-3, 254.

The on-field performance only reinforced what Robinson’s Penn State tape had shown, a freakish athlete with high-end potential.

His interview with the Dolphins was the finishing touch in convincing the team he was the right choice with the 21st overall selection in the 2024 draft.

“Honestly that’s my favorite part of the combine, because it’s a puzzle that you’re trying to put together – how can you have a draft class impact your football team, where are you needs, where are your strengths of the draft and then the individuals,” Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said. “A lot of times people get caught up in, especially, I think we’re all victims of it – you get into the world of fantasy football and you start treating people like they’re (video game) console create-a-players, and these are human beings. That’s at the foundation of what makes people be able to really succeed on the NFL level because the parity is so real.

“So meeting him, understanding that we were dealing with a wise beyond his years type of young man, a guy that had just scratched the surface but was hungry to establish his kind of piece in the puzzle within the whole league of his game and being able to really refine technique and fundamentals to be a really good player – not for the short term results. I learned a lot about Chop Robinson that I think made it very easy in our conversations with (General Manager) Chris (Grier) and I to make that selection, and we’re very happy we did it.”

After a fairly slow start, Robinson finished his rookie season with the Dolphins with six sacks and ended fifth in the voting for AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

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