{"id":807306,"date":"2026-03-12T01:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807306\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T01:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:09:43","slug":"dolphins-sign-tight-end-ben-sims-to-one-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/807306\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins sign tight end Ben Sims to one-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Miami Dolphins continued to stay busy on Wednesday \u2014 making a flurry of moves to help remake their roster under new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan. The latest deal the organization has made is the signing of tight end Ben Sims to a one-year deal following the loss of Julian Hill to the New England Patriots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sims \u2014 soon-to-be 26 years old \u2014 played college football at Baylor from 2018 through 2022. He finished as the school\u2019s all-time leader in touchdown receptions from a tight end \u2014 nabbing 12 during his time with the Bears. After going undrafted in the 2023 NFL Draft, Sims signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent, but was waived during roster cuts that offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In August of 2023, the Green Bay Packers claimed Sims \u2014 however the tight end had to play behind Tucker Kraft and Luke Musgrave while with the Packers. He totaled just 8 receptions for 63 yards and a single touchdown in three seasons in Green Bay before being cut in October of 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sims would rejoin Minnesota following his release \u2014 nabbing three receptions for 30 yards as a member of the Vikings in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins continued to stay busy on Wednesday \u2014 making a flurry of moves to help remake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[217,7,216,251,2733,2087,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-807306","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-miami","11":"tag-miami-dolphins","12":"tag-miami-dolphins-news","13":"tag-miamidolphins","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116213538238143856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807306","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=807306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}