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Breaking down the Miami Dolphins roster by age of the players

By Brian Miller

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 09: A crow on top of the Old Father Time weathervane during day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Middlesex and Somerset at Lord's Cricket Ground on April 09, 2021 in London, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 09: A crow on top of the Old Father Time weathervane during day two of the LV= Insurance County Championship match between Middlesex and Somerset at Lord's Cricket Ground on April 09, 2021 in London, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Philip Brown/Getty Images) /
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The Miami Dolphins have one of the youngest rosters in the NFL with an average age entering the 2021 off-season around 25.13 years old.

This number will change once the three remaining rookies are signed to the roster and the Dolphins should get a little younger after some veteran releases later this year. That being said, while they are not the youngest team in the NFL, they are far from the oldest.

The oldest players on the roster currently are Jason McCourty who is 33, John Jenkins who is 31, and D.J. Fluker who is 30. Two players are 29 years of age, Allen Hurns and Jesse Davis.

Of those mentioned, it will be interesting to see if Davis, Fluker, and Hurns are on the September roster when the season begins. The same could be said about Jenkins as well.

The bulk of the Dolphins roster over the age of 25 is 14 players at 28 years old. 10 players come it at 27, seven players at 26, and 11 players at the age of 25. If the cutoff is 25.13, 47 players on the Dolphins roster is over that average.

While some of them won’t make the final roster, the players under the 25-year-old average are even less likely to make the team as the majority of them are inexperienced players hoping to make the practice squad at best.

19 players are 24 years old and they account for the bulk of the team’s roster. They include players like Myles Gaskin and Robert Hunt as well as Jerome Baker. 14 players are 23 years of age, including Raekwon Davis, Lynn Bowden, Jr., and Brandon Jones. Rookie Jaylen Waddle leads the group of 22-year-olds that come in at 5 players with three players only 21 years old. Of those three, Austin Jackson and Noah Igbinoghene look to make the roster.

Does this mean anything? Not really, it’s just a look at the age breakdown of the Dolphins roster as it has shifted from 2019 when the Dolphins were even younger. The good news is that if the Dolphins continue to maintain the 25-year average, it will mean that these younger players are still on the team’s roster in another few years and that means that the coaching staff is doing a good enough job of evaluating them.

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