Dolphins compensatory pick for Christian Wilkins may slip out of the third round

Former Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Christian Wilkins played only five games in his first season with the Raiders.

The Miami Dolphins were projected to receive a pair of third-round compensatory picks for the 2025 NFL Draft after guard Robert Jones and defensive tackle Christian Wilkins left in free agency with $100-million contracts — that may not be the case.

Nick Korte, an Over The Cap contributor, shared on X that Wilkins’ value in the compensatory formula could drop from a third to a fourth-round pick because he played less than 25% of snaps in his first season with the Las Vegas Raiders. He appeared in five games, recording 11 tackles and two sacks before undergoing surgery for a Jones fracture in early October.

Miami traded its own 2025 third-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles to select running back Jaylen Wright in the fourth round of last year’s draft and gained a fifth-round selection from the Denver Broncos as part of the Bradley Chubb trade. On top of that, the Dolphins traded a sixth and gained a seventh from the Chicago Bears in the Chase Claypool trade.

The news of Wilkins’ compensatory pick falling a round doesn’t derail Miami’s offseason plans, but it’s a step in the wrong direction for a franchise desperate for a youth movement on both sides of the ball.

Dolphins Projected 2025 Draft Picks

• First Round — Own
• Second Round — Own
• Third Round — Compensatory Pick (Robert Hunt)
• Fourth Round — Own, Compensatory Pick (Christian Wilkins)
• Fifth Round — Own, Pick from Denver
• Sixth Round — None
• Seventh Round — Own, Compensatory Pick (DeShon Elliott), Pick from Chicago