New 2-Round Mock Draft Has Miami Dolphins Addressing Major Needs
A to Z Sports released a new 2-round 2027 Mock Draft, and they have the Miami Dolphins selecting 2nd overall; in the first two rounds, Miami adds two big names who will be part of next April’s draft.
Round 1, Pick #2: Jeremiah Smith, WR, Ohio St
“Would you rather have a very good quarterback or a generational overall player? Are the Dolphins ready for a quarterback in general? Smith is just too good to pass up for a Miami team in a deep rebuild.”
Smith came out of Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Florida as the top recruit in the country, winning three straight state titles and earning Maxwell High School Player of the Year honors after an 88-catch, 1,376-yard, 19-touchdown senior season. Every major recruiting service rated him a five-star prospect.
As a freshman in 2024, Smith caught 76 passes for 1,315 yards and 15 touchdowns during Ohio State’s national championship run, earning Big Ten Receiver of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors plus Rose Bowl offensive MVP recognition after a 187-yard playoff performance against Oregon.
In 2025, Smith led Ohio State with 87 receptions for 1,243 yards and 12 touchdowns across 13 games, earning unanimous All-American honors, a second straight Big Ten Receiver of the Year award, and a Biletnikoff Award finalist nod. He caught six passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns against Penn State in November and closed the year with seven catches for 157 yards and a score in the Cotton Bowl playoff quarterfinal against Miami. The Buckeyes went 12-0 in the regular season before losses to Indiana in the Big Ten Championship and Miami in the playoff.
Tall, powerful X at 223 pounds with rare top-end speed for the size
Proven downfield weapon who went for 157 on Miami in the CFP semifinal
Reliable hands and elite focus (dropped just two of 106 targets in 2025)
Snaps off breaks with suddenness that belies his frame and stacks corners deep
Skilled tracker on vertical shots, adjusts and extends outside his frame
Physical after the catch (378 yards after contact on mostly quick-game touches)
Answered every marquee test, 144 on Indiana and 157 on Miami in the playoff
Runs a full route tree already, 1,243 yards and 12 scores as a wide alignment X
Perimeter blocking is willing but the technique still needs refinement
Physical press slowed him at times (held under 45 by Michigan and UCLA)
Underneath route detail slightly lags his polished outside-breaking work
There is no projection with Smith, only the question of how quickly a staff hands him the keys. A wide-alignment X who closed 2025 with 1,243 yards and 12 scores, he pairs a 223-pound frame with rare top-end speed, the combination that lets him play above smaller corners and run past bigger ones. His 157-yard afternoon against Miami in the playoff semifinal was the loud proof, but the steadiness beneath it is the point.
What sets him apart is the absence of holes. He caught 87 balls and dropped only two, tracked the deep shot as well as anyone in the class, and turned quick-game touches into 378 yards after the catch. Physical press bothered him in spots, with Michigan and UCLA holding him under 45 yards, and his perimeter blocking is more willing than refined. Those are footnotes on a profile this complete, and even his quietest games still moved the chains.
He fits any scheme that wants a true X to build around, comfortable isolated on the boundary or motioned inside for a rub. Overall, Smith steps in as a Week 1 starter with a rare blend of size, speed and reliability, and the production to match, the surest bet in the receiver class and a foundation piece for a passing game.
Round 2, Pick #34: Drew Mestemaker, QB, Oklahoma St
Drew Mestemaker never started a varsity game in high school. At Vandegrift High in Austin, Texas, he played behind a Power Five quarterback recruit and spent his senior year on special teams and defense, earning honorable mention as a punter and safety. No recruiting stars, no scholarship offers.
He walked on at North Texas under head coach Eric Morris and redshirted in 2024, appearing in five games with one start, in the First Responder Bowl against Texas State, where he accounted for 448 yards of total offense including a 70-yard rushing touchdown – the most total offense by any player in the 2024-25 bowl cycle.
Starting all 14 games as a redshirt freshman in 2025, Mestemaker led the FBS with 4,379 passing yards and threw 34 touchdowns against nine interceptions, setting single-season records at UNT for passing yards, touchdowns, completion percentage (68.4), and passer efficiency (168.69). He won the Burlsworth Trophy as the nation’s best former walk-on, was named American Conference Offensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-AAC selection, and was a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien and Walter Camp awards. He followed Morris to Oklahoma State ahead of the 2026 season, where he is expected to run the same Air Raid-based system.
Fast internal clock and a quick release keep him out of sacks and on schedule
Pushes the ball downfield with accuracy, his intermediate and deep work the strength
Set North Texas records with 4,381 yards and 34 scores as a redshirt freshman
Torched Rice for 469 yards and three touchdowns without a turnover
Hung a school-record 608 yards and four scores on Charlotte
Trusts his reads and works through progressions with patience in the Air Raid
Throws with anticipation into tight intermediate windows over the middle
Walk-on background and a Player of the Year season point to a fast, hungry learner
Release starts low near the hip, sailing boundary throws when the follow-through skips
Took his two worst games against the only ranked defenses on the schedule
Thin at 211 pounds on a 6-4 frame and must add functional weight
Mestemaker is one of the more unusual evaluations in the class, a zero-star walk-on who never started a varsity game in high school, redshirted in 2024, then rewrote the North Texas record book in 2025 with 4,381 yards and 34 touchdowns, taking American Conference Offensive Player of the Year and the Burlsworth Trophy as the nation’s top former walk-on. The arm talent and the production are clearly there; his release is fast, the deep and intermediate accuracy is a real strength, and he plays with the timing and patience the Air Raid demands.
The signature games show the ceiling. He shredded Rice for 469 yards and three scores without a turnover and dropped a school-record 608 on Charlotte. He can fit throws into windows most college quarterbacks would not attempt, and he gets the ball out quickly enough to keep himself clean. He transferred to Oklahoma State to reunite with head coach Eric Morris and several former teammates, which should ease the jump to Power Four football.
The questions sit alongside the production. His release starts low, almost from the hip, and when he does not finish the follow-through the ball sails, which showed up on outside throws and drove several of his interceptions; for a 6-4 quarterback he also had too many passes tipped at the line. His two worst outings came against the only ranked defenses he faced, and that is not something to wave away even for a redshirt freshman. He is thin and needs functional weight. Overall, the release, the arm and the competitive wiring give a staff a real foundation, and the 2026 Big 12 tape against better competition is the most important film in his evaluation, with the mechanics the priority.