British tight finish Seydou Traore is able to take the NFL by storm after being chosen by the Miami Dolphins with the one hundred and eightieth total decide.
Traore, who’s 6ft 4in and weighs 244lb (111kg), made historical past as the primary drafted participant by way of the NFL’s Worldwide Participant Pathway Program.
The 23-year-old was born in France and grew up in London however moved to Flordia in 2020, when he performed 11 v 11 soccer for the primary time.
Traore caught a complete of 131 passes for 1,482 yards and 10 touchdowns in faculty video games and averaged 6.5 yards after the catch.
“He’s kind of a raw, athletic ball of clay, if you will,” stated Miami’s basic supervisor Jon-Eric Sullivan. “He ought to solely get higher.
“He hasn’t been enjoying soccer actual lengthy, in order that was what was intriguing to us, particularly at that worth [fifth round].
“We felt he’s a player who’s ascending, whose best ball is in front of him, and who can be a problem for defences in time. We had our eyes on [him] for a while and he fell to us at the right value, so we took a shot.”
He joins a decent finish group that features Greg Dulcich and third-round decide Will Kacmarek.
Traore caught 69 passes in two seasons at Mississippi State, hauling in a career-best 5 touchdowns final season and is the second tight finish drafted by the Dolphins on this yr’s draft.
Seydou Traore scouting report
- Traore had 752 receiving yards and 4 TDs throughout his remaining two collegiate seasons
- He was within the East-West Shrine recreation
- He ran the 40 in 4.5 seconds
Miami Dolphins 2026 NFL Draft Picks
- twelfth total (from Cowboys) – Kadyn Proctor, T, Alabama
- twenty seventh total (from 49ers) – Chris Johnson, CB, San Diego State
- forty third total – Jacob Rodriguez, LB, Texas Tech
- seventy fifth total – Caleb Douglas, WR, Texas Tech
- 87th total (from Eagles) – Will Kacmarek, TE, Ohio State
- 94th total (from Broncos) – Chris Bell, WR, Louisville
- a hundred and thirtieth total – Trey Moore, Edge, Texas
- 138th total (from 49ers) – Kyle Louis, LB, Pittsburgh
- 158th total (from Panthers) – Michael Taaffe, S, Texas
- 177th total (from Cowboys) – Kevin Coleman, Jr., WR, Missouri
- one hundred and eightieth total (from Cowboys) – Seydou Traore, TE, Mississippi State
- two hundredth total (from Panthers)
- 238th total (from Chargers by way of Titans by way of Jets)
In the meantime, Uar Bernard, a Nigerian but to play a recreation of NFL, was picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 251st total decide.
“It’s a dream come true for me because I’ve worked hard for this,” Bernard stated.
“I’ve not played football, but I’ve gone through some drills that made me believe that I’m going to get better every day.”
