Which linebackers will Dolphins coach at Senior Bowl?

The Miami Dolphins are now just a week away from engaging in the most prominent scouting event of the 2021 offseason — the Senior Bowl. With the coronavirus pandemic threatening much of the status quo in the NFL Draft process, the Senior Bowl will continue on as usual. Just with some socially distanced modifications and plenty of COVID-19 protocols for the health and safety of all involved.

And throughout the course of this week, the Senior Bowl, courtesy of Director Jim Nagy, will be unveiling which players are partaking in the event for which team; either the Dolphins or the Carolina Panthers.

Yesterday, the defensive lines were revealed. Here’s who Miami will be coaching throughout the week for three days of practice and then the game itself at the end of the week at perhaps the team’s most pressing need.

Linebackers

So which prospects are a good fit for what the Miami Dolphins want to do? The Dolphins will undoubtedly be excited to get their hands on Ohio State linebacker Baron Browning, who has been used as a versatile weapon defensively as both a space linebacker and a pressure player screaming off the edge. If you drew up what a multi-threat linebacker would look like in the NFL, it would look a lot like Browning. And Miami will get a week to try to feel out why exactly Browning was unable to fully wrestle a starting role for the Buckeyes during his time with the program. If Miami can unlock his potential, he’d be a great fit.

Also an interesting pairing would be North Carolina’s Chazz Surratt, who has plenty of coverage upside and length — something Miami’s linebacker room is currently lacking. Surratt is perhaps the top rated linebacker at the event and checks clear boxes of need for Miami; the question come April will be balancing the value of where they’ll need to select him versus trying to build up their offensive depth chart.