The Miami Dolphins offense wasn’t friendly to running backs not named De’Von Achane in 2024.
The Miami Dolphins are moving on from running back Raheem Mostert after three seasons with the franchise.
Mostert’s agent, Brett Tessler, shared the news on X Friday afternoon.
“Very thankful for [Mostert’s] time with the Miami Dolphins, and this gives them a chance to get younger and gives him a chance to pursue a ring elsewhere,” Tessler wrote.
The Miami Dolphins rushing attack took a massive step back after averaging 132 rushing yards per game in 2023. The league’s seventh-best rushing attack plummeted to 21st last season, averaging just 106 yards per game.
De’Von Achane made the most of his 203 carries, averaging 4.5 yards per attempt and scoring six touchdowns. Achane led the team with 907 rushing yards, while Mostert, Jaylen Wright, and Jeff Wilson Jr. combined for 584 yards.
Mostert, 33, joined the Dolphins when Mike McDaniel became head coach in 2022 and quickly took over as the team’s top running back.
He averaged 4.9 yards per carry in 2022. Last season, he led the NFL with 18 rushing touchdowns while gaining 1,012 yards on 209 carries. Excluding 2021, when he suffered a season-ending injury, 2024 was the first time since 2018 that he didn’t reach at least 100 carries and 500 yards.
Much like the rest of Miami’s offense, Mostert struggled to build momentum. His two rushing touchdowns were the fewest in four years. He averaged just 3.3 yards per carry after averaging at least 4.8 yards on the ground throughout the previous eight seasons. Uncharacteristically, he has fumbled twice in each of the last two seasons after losing the ball just five times total in the previous five years.
The Dolphins invested a third-round pick in Wright, and expected upgrades to the offensive line should make running the football easier for every ball carrier. That said, parting ways with Mostert frees up nearly $3 million in cap space, according to Over The Cap.
While Achane and Wright are inline to carry Miami’s rushing attack, it’s likely that the Dolphins will now pursue more help in the backfield with only two tailbacks under contract entering next season.
