All the Miami Dolphins working backs that had been on the energetic roster final season are heading into free company subsequent month.
Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson Jr., Myles Gaskin and Salvon Ahmed, who’s a restricted free agent whereas the opposite three are unrestricted.
Change, to some extent, is presumably coming to the Dolphins backfield.
And whether or not they make a transfer for a prime free agent in March or use an early draft choose on one in every of school soccer’s prime incoming abilities on the place, they nonetheless are more likely to discover a scheme match on the place both late within the draft or within the undrafted free agent market.
How about Appalachian State working again Camerun Peoples?
The 6-foot-2, 215-pound tailback presents a bodily working presence and familiarity with coach Mike McDaniel’s wide-zone scheme. He has been coaching for the NFL scouting mix, which runs in Indianapolis from Feb. 28 to March 6, in South Florida at Bommarito Performance Systems.
“Our base system was inside zone, outside zone — mostly outside zone,” Peoples mentioned of what he ran with the Mountaineers. “Really, really run-heavy when I first got there. Around sophomore, junior year, we kind of switched it up, started adding a lot more pass game.”
Peoples went for 1,124 speeding yards and 12 touchdowns within the 2020 season, adopted by 926 yards and 14 scores in 2021. He solely went for 593 yards and 5 touchdowns final season however was nonetheless averaging 5.9 yards per carry, which was higher than his 2021 clip.
Peoples participated within the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama earlier within the offseason. He received an opportunity to fulfill with the Dolphins there.
“It’s a really good place,” he mentioned. “I like the vibe they give off. They seem to really care about their players, smart organization. They know how to surround their players with talent. … Miami’s definitely a team that can be Super Bowl contenders.”
If he does find yourself with the Dolphins, it wouldn’t be his first time enjoying at Hard Rock Stadium. Peoples had 95 yards and a landing towards the Miami Hurricanes on Sept. 11, 2021.
Training with Pete Bommarito, Peoples has gotten a style of South Florida life, which is a far cry from Boone, North Carolina, the place App State is positioned — and much more so Lineville, Alabama, the place he hails from.
“It’s about two red lights. Everybody knows everybody,” Peoples mentioned of his hometown. “You’re never going to see somebody new, and if you do, you got to get to know them as quick as you can.”
Peoples’ power is his potential to interrupt tackles, however he additionally feels he’s sneakily shifty.
“Most guys probably don’t look at me as a shifty guy because of my size, but I do enough to make a guy miss, make a guy guess. That’s good enough for me,” he mentioned. “I’m really good at getting to that end zone. I got a nose for that end zone.”
He feels comfy as a go blocker. Peoples didn’t get a lot of an opportunity to catch the ball out of the backfield with the Mountaineers, with simply 11 receptions in his school profession.
“It’s definitely something that I have in my repertoire but I haven’t gotten to showcase much,” he mentioned. “It’s something that I can definitely do.”
Heading into the mix, Peoples’ focus is getting the technical features of his 40-yard sprint polished: Staying low, getting an excellent leap, maintaining his arms shifting quick and fluent and never working tight by means of the dash.
He mentioned the fixed emphasis from working with Bommarito has turned these pointers into muscle reminiscence.
“It’s just instilled at this point, and it’s just little things I can clean up,” Peoples mentioned. “By the time the mix comes, many of the stuff, I don’t even have to consider.
“When I go to Indy, it’s going to look real good.”
What does he need groups to come back away understanding about him?
“Hard worker,” Peoples mentioned. “I’m the type of person that I never give up. I never quit. I try to stay mellow, stay calm in the moment. Never try to get too down on myself. But I’m a worker.”
Peoples, who’s ranked because the draft’s No. 24 working again by NFL Draft Buzz, is hoping to go wherever from the mid to late rounds of the draft.
“I’m going to be grateful regardless,” he mentioned. “Whoever gives me that chance, they’re going to get a winner out of me.”
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