The Miami Dolphins chosen Stanford extensive receiver/tight finish Elijah Higgins on Saturday with their sixth-round draft decide and Michigan offensive deal with Ryan Hayes with their seventh-round decide. Here’s what it is advisable to find out about Higgins, who was born in Florida and has prolonged household within the Tampa space, and Hayes:
ELIJAH HIGGINS
Pos./spherical: Receiver, tight finish/sixth (No. 197)
School: Stanford
Year: Senior
Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 235
Hometown: Austin, Tx.
Comment: Higgins is a man who has place versatility between slot extensive receiver and tight finish, and in that approach he may stir the inventive juices of coach/offensive play-caller Mike McDaniel. …
Higgins totaled 59 receptions for 704 yards and two touchdowns final season. …
Higgins is an effective route-runner and has good arms and toughness. …
Higgins doesn’t have excellent velocity and doesn’t present a knack to separate from defenders as a large receiver, which is perhaps one cause he’s being shifted to tight finish within the NFL. …
He has good, however not nice athletic capacity as his 4.54-second 40-yard sprint and 35″ vertical soar attest. …
Higgins stated most different groups instructed him he’d be used as a decent finish. He stated he’s an aggressive blocker who was used largely as a slot receiver and seam-route runner at Stanford.
RYAN HAYES
Pos./spherical: Tackle/seventh (No. 238)
School: Michigan
Year: Redshirt senior
Ht.: 6-6 Wt.: 298
Hometown: Traverse City, Mi.
Comment: Hayes is a left deal with who may compete to function Terron Armstead’s backup. …
He has 32″ 1/2 arms, which makes some ponder whether he’ll be moved to protect. Tackles often have arms longer than 33″. …
The scouting report says he performs with good method and good arms. …
Hayes is called a excessive motor man. …
Hayes would doubtless compete with Kendall Lamm, Kion Smith and Geron Christian, amongst others. …
Hayes stated he is aware of his angles, which permits him to play quick. He stated he additionally performs exhausting to the whistle. …
Hayes got here to Michigan as a decent finish, then switched to proper deal with, and performed left deal with the previous 4 years. …
Hayes stated he watched movie of Armstead in school so he’s excited to get within the place room with Armstead.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com