New competition is being brought into the Miami Dolphins’ quest to find a formidable cornerbacks unit for the 2025 season in the final week before NFL active rosters are cut to 53 players.
The Dolphins signed cornerback Cameron Dantzler, the team announced Tuesday afternoon.
Dantzler, who turns 27 Sept. 3, a third-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2020, has appeared in 37 career games with 26 starts in three seasons with the Vikings (2020-22).
In his career, he has recorded 148 tackles (125 solo), three interceptions, 17 passes defensed, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He also appeared in two games with the 2023 New Orleans Saints but didn’t record any defensive stats.
Dantzler’s last starts came with Minnesota in 2022. His last interception was in 2021 after he had two in 2020 as a rookie out of Mississippi State.
He was last rostered by the Memphis Showboats of the UFL last year.
Since the start of training camp, the Dolphins have signed four veteran cornerbacks: Mike Hilton, Jack Jones and Cornell Armstrong are the other three. At an already-thin position group, they also lost two cornerbacks for the season in Kader Kohou and Artie Burns.
Miami is looking to formulate its first and second teams at cornerback in the final stretch of training camp and preseason before rosters cuts come next Tuesday, Aug. 26.
In Saturday’s preseason game at Detroit, Hilton was given the day off, solidified in his role. Storm Duck started as one boundary cornerback, while Ethan Bonner started opposite him, but Bonner then went down with a hamstring injury during the exhibition.
Jones, Armstrong, Cam Smith, Kendall Sheffield and rookie Jason Marshall Jr. are also in the mix for roster spots. Ethan Robinson, an undrafted rookie cornerback out of Minnesota, can immerse himself into that competition with a play like he made to finish off the preseason win against the Lions, skying in the backfield off a blitz to intercept Detroit quarterback Hendon Hooker. Isaiah Johnson and BJ Adams, undrafted prospects in 2024 and 2025, respectively, are also on the 90-man training camp roster trying to make the cut.
As the Dolphins signed Dantzler, they also officially announced the signing of touted edge rusher Matthew Judon. Miami waived wide receiver Tarik Black and punter Ryan Stonehouse, who lost out on the punter competition to Jake Bailey, to make room on the roster.
Originally Published: August 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM EDT