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The Miami Dolphins<\/a> offense is built around speed. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> is flanked by two of the fastest wideouts in the game with Tyreek Hill<\/a> and Jaylen Waddle<\/a>, and next to him in the backfield is one of the quickest running backs in the league in De’Von Achane<\/a>. However, there’s another speedster you should be aware of in 2025.<\/p>\n The Dolphins selected running back Jaylen Wright<\/a> out of the University of Tennessee in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft<\/a>, and while he rushed for just 249 yards on 68 carries as a rookie, he’s expected to take on a much larger role in the offense in Year 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n During a recent appearance on “Up & Adams<\/a>,” Wright said that he has the potential to be one of the best running backs in the league due to his unique skillset.\u00a0<\/p>\n “I just really feel like and I know I can be a top back in this league,” Wright said, via NFL.com<\/a>. “I feel like just my skillset, my ability and the system I’m in, it sets me up to be great. \u2026 It’s a long season, staying the course, doing what I got to do every time I touch that rock, every time the ball comes to me just make a play. I’m very excited. I’m very blessed to be in this position. It’s going to be a very great year this year.”<\/p>\n Wright also said that he’s going to be “way more involved” in the passing game after catching just three passes for 8 yards in 2024. He can be a home-run hitter. Just look at what Wright did to the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs on the first play from scrimmage back in 2023.<\/p>\n In his final collegiate season, Wright rushed for 1,013 yards and four touchdowns on 137 carries. He was the Volunteers’ first 1,000-yard rusher since 2015, and the 7.4 yards per carry he averaged ranked second in the FBS. He raised some eyebrows by running a 4.38 40-yard dash at the NFL<\/a> combine, which caught the eye of general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel.<\/p>\n While there were questions about how he was used in 2024, Wright and Achane have the potential to be a dynamic one-two punch that keeps defenses winded all game long, and hopefully a duo that can put the Dolphins in position to snap the NFL<\/a>‘s longest active playoff win drought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images The Miami Dolphins offense is built around speed. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is flanked by two of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,5660,216,251,2737,2087,6,43958,3452],"class_list":{"0":"post-222270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-dolphins","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jaylen-wright","11":"tag-miami","12":"tag-miami-dolphins","13":"tag-miami-dolphins-roster","14":"tag-miamidolphins","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-training-camp-news","17":"tag-tua-tagovailoa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114886214022360470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}