The Miami Dolphins signed edge player Rodney McGraw to the active roster off the practice squad and signed kicker Zane Gonzalez to the practice squad on Oct. 20, 2026. The team also released kicker Riley Patterson and waived cornerback Storm Duck and edge player Andre Jones Jr. The moves involved five players across Miami’s active roster and practice squad.
McGraw earns active-roster promotion
McGraw has appeared in two career games during his first season with the Miami Dolphins. He has recorded four tackles, one solo tackle, one quarterback hit and one special teams tackle. Miami signed him as an undrafted college free agent on May 8, 2026, and he spent the offseason program and training camp with the team before joining the practice squad.
McGraw finished his college career at Western Michigan, where he appeared in 27 games with one start from 2024-25. He recorded 64 tackles, 24 solo tackles, 8.0 sacks, 11.0 tackles for loss, one pass defensed, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He spent two seasons at Penn State and one season at Louisville before transferring to Western Michigan.
The Miami Dolphins list McGraw as a 6-foot-4, 273-pound edge player from Chicago, Illinois. The roster table lists him at age 24 with rookie experience and identifies him as a 2026 undrafted free agent acquisition. His promotion follows his first two career appearances with Miami.
Gonzalez joins practice squad
Gonzalez first signed with the Miami Dolphins as an unrestricted free agent on March 12, 2026. He spent the offseason program and training camp with the team before signing with the practice squad. Gonzalez has appeared in 78 career games over seven seasons with Cleveland, Arizona, Carolina, Washington and Atlanta.
Gonzalez has converted 115 of 142 career field-goal attempts and 163 of 171 extra-point attempts. He has made 59 of 82 field-goal attempts from 40 or more yards and appeared in three postseason games with Washington in 2024. The roster table lists Gonzalez as a 31-year-old kicker who is 6 feet tall and weighs 202 pounds.
At Arizona State, Gonzalez converted 96 of 116 field-goal attempts and 204 of 209 extra-point attempts in 51 career games. The roster table identifies him as a 2026 unrestricted free agent acquisition from Atlanta. His signing gives the Miami Dolphins a kicker on the practice squad after Patterson’s release.
Miami releases Patterson and waives two defensive players
Patterson appeared in 66 career games over six seasons with Detroit, Jacksonville, Cleveland, the New York Jets, Atlanta and Miami. He converted 97 of 112 career field-goal attempts and 148 of 154 extra-point attempts. Patterson set a Miami franchise single-season record for field-goal percentage in 2025 by converting 27 of 29 attempts.
Duck was waived after the Miami Dolphins placed him on the reserve/physically unable to perform list on Aug. 30, 2026. He appeared in 16 games with four starts for Miami from 2024-25, recording 34 tackles, 22 solo tackles and five passes defensed. Duck entered the NFL with Miami as an undrafted college free agent in 2024 out of Louisville.
Jones Jr. also was waived by the Miami Dolphins. He appeared in 22 career games with two starts over four seasons with Washington, Buffalo and Miami, recording eight tackles, two solo tackles, three passes defensed and two special teams tackles. He entered the NFL as a seventh-round selection by Washington in the 2023 NFL Draft and appeared in one postseason game with Buffalo.
FSB Take
The Miami Dolphins changed their roster at edge, kicker and cornerback with the Oct. 20 transactions. McGraw moves from the practice squad to the active roster after appearing in two games, while Gonzalez joins the practice squad with 78 career games of NFL experience. Patterson’s release follows his 2025 Miami franchise record for single-season field-goal percentage, and Duck and Jones Jr. were waived.
Source: Original report