{"id":818624,"date":"2026-03-18T06:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/818624\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T06:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:06:26","slug":"miami-dolphins-trade-wide-receiver-jaylen-waddle-to-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/818624\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins trade wide receiver Jaylen Waddle to Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe overhaul of the Miami Dolphins roster continues.According to reports from NFL Media and ESPN, the Miami Dolphins traded wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and their 2026 fourth-round pick to the Denver Broncos. The Dolphins will receive Denver\u2019s 2026 NFL draft first-round pick (No. 30 overall), third-round pick and fourth-round pick.Waddle was selected by the Dolphins with the No. 6 overall pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft from the University of Alabama.NFL Media reported Waddle, a Houston, Texas native, signed a three-year $84.75 million contract extension with Miami with $76 million guaranteed prior to the 2024 regular season.The latest: Sports coverage from WPBF 25 NewsWaddle played five seasons with the Dolphins and appeared in 78 regular-season games with 373 catches for 5,039 yards and 26 receiving touchdowns.This is the latest roster move by new Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan, who was hired in January.Get the latest sports updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.Since his hire, the team has parted ways with notable veteran players in quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, wide receiver Tyreek Hill, defensive end Bradley Chubb, defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick and placekicker Jason Sanders.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The overhaul of the Miami Dolphins roster continues.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV_X30MAMhQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL Media<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=109350X1567044&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnfl%2Fstory%2F_%2Fid%2F48231337%2Fsource-dolphins-trade-jaylen-waddle-broncos-picks&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wpbf.com%2Farticle%2Fsports-reports-miami-dolphins-trade-wide-receiver-jaylen-waddle-denver-broncos%2F70770481&amp;xcust=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN<\/a>, the Miami Dolphins traded wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and their 2026 fourth-round pick to the Denver Broncos. The Dolphins will receive Denver\u2019s 2026 NFL draft first-round pick (No. 30 overall), third-round pick and fourth-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"MIAMI GARDENS, FL - DECEMBER 21: Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (17) checks the stands during pragame workouts before the game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL (Photo by Peter Joneleit\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\" title=\"NFL: DEC 21 Bengals at Dolphins\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2252760547-69b9760d1a333.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tGetty ImagesIcon Sportswire\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMIAMI GARDENS, FL &#8211; DECEMBER 21: Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (17) checks the stands during pragame workouts before the game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL (Photo by Peter Joneleit\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Waddle was selected by the Dolphins with the No. 6 overall pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft from the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=109350X1567044&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfl.com%2Fnews%2Fdolphins-signing-wr-jaylen-waddle-to-three-year-84-75-million-contract-extension&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wpbf.com%2Farticle%2Fsports-reports-miami-dolphins-trade-wide-receiver-jaylen-waddle-denver-broncos%2F70770481&amp;xcust=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL Media reported<\/a> Waddle, a Houston, Texas native, signed a three-year $84.75 million contract extension with Miami with $76 million guaranteed prior to the 2024 regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The latest: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/sports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports coverage from WPBF 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waddle played five seasons with the Dolphins and appeared in 78 regular-season games with 373 catches for 5,039 yards and 26 receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 21: Jordan Battle #27 of the Cincinnati Bengals tackles Jaylen Waddle #17 of the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter of a game at Hard Rock Stadium on December 21, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images)\" title=\"Cincinnati Bengals v Miami Dolphins - NFL 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2253025760-69b9762a21485.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tGetty ImagesCarmen Mandato\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA &#8211; DECEMBER 21: Jordan Battle #27 of the Cincinnati Bengals tackles Jaylen Waddle #17 of the Miami Dolphins in the second quarter of a game at Hard Rock Stadium on December 21, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest roster move by new Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan, who was hired in January.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest sports updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbf.com\/article\/get-wpbf-25-news-on-the-go\/999316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since his hire, the team has parted ways with notable veteran players in quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, wide receiver Tyreek Hill, defensive end Bradley Chubb, defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick and placekicker Jason Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The overhaul of the Miami Dolphins roster continues.According to reports from NFL Media and ESPN, the Miami Dolphins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[52,232,231,258,2426,22788,7,111480,251,113676,113680,6,113678,26300,883,113679,10944,1150,113677,113681,18924],"class_list":["post-818624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denver-broncos","tag-alabama","tag-broncos","tag-denver","tag-denver-broncos","tag-denverbroncos","tag-dolphin","tag-football","tag-fourth-round-pick","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-dolphins-trade-wide-receiver-jaylen-waddle-to-denver-broncos","tag-newswaddle","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft-first-round-pick","tag-nfl-media","tag-no","tag-notable-veteran-player","tag-regular-season","tag-report","tag-wide-receiver-jaylen-waddle","tag-wide-receiver-tyreek-hill","tag-wpbf"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116248682054993743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818624","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=818624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}