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JOE ROBBINS Getty Images Raekwon Davis adds needed force to the defensive line. This will forever be known as Tua Tagovailoa draft, but the reality of this most important of weekends for the Miami Dolphins: They have spent the most effort and resources in the 2020 draft rebuilding their trenches. A day after taking tackle Austin Jackson, they selected two more linemen Friday: Robert Hunt on the offensive side (at pick No. 39) and Raekwon Davis on the defen- sive side (No. 56).

The both have one big job as rookies: Move the person who lines up in front of them. try to finish Hunt told reporters. fun and it looks really good. some- thing I like to do. You get in trouble for destroying peo- ple on the football field.

came into every game with a bully mentality. I want- ed to bully anyone who stepped in front of Hunt is a 6-5, 323-pound redshirt senior out. a bruiser who should plug in quickly at right tackle. also three years older than Jackson, whom the Dolphins took with the 18th pick Thurs- day night. Hunt probably would have gone earlier this weekend if not for injury history.

He missed all but seven games of his final year on campus with a groin issue, although he insists 100 percent now. Hunt played left guard, left tackle and right tackle for the Cajuns, and does not have a position preference in the NFL. Meanwhile, with their sec- ond second-rounder, the Dol- phins took Davis, a 6-6, 311- pounder who will bulk up a defensive interior in desperate need of help. Davis would have been a Day 1 pick if his senior year NFL DRAFT DOLPHINS YLER KAUFMAN AP Louisiana Lafayette lineman Robert Hunt (50) is a bruiser who should plug in quickly at right tackle for the Dolphins. Dolphins bulk up in the trenches on Day 2 Miami landed a potential starting offensive tackle in Robert Hunt in the second round and rugged defensive lineman Raekwon Davis, along with defensive back Brandon Jones in the third.

BY ADAMH. BEASLEY SEE DOLPHINS, 9A I the exercise is about traveling aroad to a better tomorrow, perhapseven at the expense of today, thenthe Dolphins were absolutely fan- tastic in the first round of NFL Draft. Because the three first-round picks the Dolphins made might have a great future. And they might help the team turn a corner some day. But this talent haul feel like about today.

Or even this season. The Dolphins pick plug-and- play guys in the first round of this draft. And they would probably admit they really looking for that. These guys seem more like red- shirts. The redshirt first round.

The Dolphins picked quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with the No. 5 pick overall, left tackle Austin Jackson with the 18th overall selection and corner- back Noah Igbinoghene with the 30th overall selection, after trading down from the 26th pick. And these three, for varying reasons, probably need a season of, well, sea- soning, before they can be expected to begin blossoming. So hold off on assigning Tagovailoa that starting QB job with protection from Jackson as the starting left tackle. Resist the idea Igbinoghene immedi- ately becomes nickel corner- back.

not a criticism. just a fact the Dolphins are comfortable dis- cussing openly. talking about starting posi- tions, these guys have never been in an NFL locker coach Brian Flores said after the first round. think asking a lot. going to take it day to day.

the mes- sage going to send our players, especially our young not the complete message. The rest includes this: a lot to Flores said. Correct. Much knowledge must pass between ears before we start reconfi- SEE SALGEURO, 9A IN MY OPINION first-round picks may not provide help at first BY ARMANDO SALGUERO MORE INSIDE Meet the other two first-round picks, 8A SATURDAY APRIL 25 2020 7AFACEBOOK.COM/MIAMIHERALD TWITTER.COM/MIAMIHERALDMIAMIHERALD.COM H1 Sports GORAN HATWITH HIS DRAGON LOGOHAS BECOME A HIT WITH HIS TEAMMATES, 10A HEAT Get ready for a flurry of Mia- mi Hurricanes getting selected Saturday in the final day of the NFL Draft. At least what the top University of Miami draft-eligi- ble players are hoping.

Rounds two and three of the draft continued late into Friday night, but no Hurricane had been chosen as of midway through the third round. The draft will conclude Saturday with the fourth through seventh rounds. The Hurricanes who could still be chosen include defensive end Jonathan Garvin, linebackers Shaq Quarterman and Michael Pinckney, defensive end Trevon Hill, running back DeeJay Dal- UM FOOTBALL Several Canes likely to be picked Saturday in NFL Draft The University of Miami could have several football players taken in the final four rounds of the NFL Draft on Saturday. BY SUSANMILLER DEGNAN Miami Herald file Former UM defensive end Jonathan Garvin, left, hopes to hear his name called Saturday during the NFL Draft. SEE UM, 8A MORE INSIDE RB Zack Moss from Hallandale High and Utah is picked in the third round by Buffalo, 10A There were signs of Josh breakout 2019 throughout 2018.

Although he start a single game for Michigan until his red- shirt junior year and only had 15 tackles as a redshirt sophomore, seven of those tackles were sacks and another was a tackle for loss. In his final season at Michigan, the former Columbus High star transformed from a situational pass rusher into a second-day NFL Draft pick. On Friday, the New England Patriots selected Uche with the No. 60 pick in the second round. the second player from Co- lumbus to be picked in the first two days of the draft, joining form- er Florida cornerback C.J.

Hen- derson, who was the No. 9 overall pick in the first round Thursday. NFL DRAFT SOUTH FLORIDA Late-bloomer sudden rise leads to Patriots in Round 2 Josh Uche, an edge rusher originally from Columbus High School, is heading to the New England Patriots in the second round of the NFL Draft after a breakout season for the Michigan Wolverines. BY DAVID WILSON SEE UCHE, 10A.