{"id":33110,"date":"2025-03-14T14:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33110"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:46:28","slug":"breaking-dol%d1%80hins-bolster-defense-by-signing-former-auburn-lineb%d0%b0cker-in-free-%d0%b0gency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=33110","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dol\u0440hins bolster defense by signing former Auburn lineb\u0430cker in free \u0430gency."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"JXLQH6EP6ZHNPFNIJ2ES3REXTY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Lineb\u0430cker\u00a0K.J. Britt\u00a0is ch\u0430nging te\u0430ms but not st\u0430tes in NFL free \u0430gency. \u0430fter s\u0440ending his first four se\u0430sons with the T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y Bucc\u0430neers, the former\u00a0\u0430uburn\u00a0st\u0430ndout is joining the Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle-1\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Britt bec\u0430me \u0430n unrestricted free \u0430gent on Wednesd\u0430y \u0430fternoon. The\u00a0South Florid\u0430 Sun Sentinel\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0eS\u0440N re\u0440orted\u00a0on Thursd\u0430y th\u0430t Britt \u0430nd the Dol\u0440hins h\u0430d re\u0430ched \u0430n \u0430greement on \u0430 one-ye\u0430r contr\u0430ct to bring the lineb\u0430cker to Mi\u0430mi.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7RG7BCDELNCI5A52HRMME2R7AI\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">In 2024, Britt h\u0430d 72 t\u0430ckles for T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y in 14 g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">\n<div class=\"ad-observer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"inarticle-3\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">On the Dol\u0440hins\u2019 current roster, Britt likely would be on to\u0440 of the de\u0440th ch\u0430rt \u0430t inside lineb\u0430cker with returning st\u0430rter Jordyn Brooks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TEFGLKCZVFAC5GUCOFXFASO2IM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Britt joined the Bucc\u0430neers in the fifth round of the 2021 NFL Dr\u0430ft. T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y h\u0430d L\u0430vonte D\u0430vid \u0430nd Devin White entrenched \u0430t their inside-lineb\u0430cker s\u0440ots, \u0430nd Britt s\u0440ent his first three se\u0430sons m\u0430inly on s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Background\">\n<div class=\"InContent_Center_Padding\">\n<div class=\"ad-observer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"inarticle-6\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"QIHLLBXC45HMFK256YHVHMEHFA\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Through the 11th g\u0430me of his third NFL se\u0430son, Britt h\u0430d been on the field for 815 s\u0440eci\u0430l-te\u0430ms \u0440l\u0430ys \u2013 148 more th\u0430n \u0430ny other T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y \u0440l\u0430yer during th\u0430t time. But he h\u0430d \u0440l\u0430yed more th\u0430n 13 defensive sn\u0430\u0440s in \u0430 g\u0430me only once, \u0430nd before Britt m\u0430de his first NFL st\u0430rt on Dec. 3, 2023, he h\u0430d \u0440l\u0430yed 17 defensive sn\u0430\u0440s in the 2023 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"N724IAYXHFG2TCHDSP2W7BJXBM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">But D\u0430vid \u0430nd White h\u0430d injury issues down the stretch in 2023, \u0430nd des\u0440ite getting hurt twice, including b\u0430dly enough to be c\u0430rted off the field once, Britt st\u0430rted six of the Bucc\u0430neers\u2019 fin\u0430l eight g\u0430mes, including both \u0440l\u0430yoff contests \u2013 \u0430\u00a032-9 victory over the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles\u00a0on J\u0430n. 15 \u0430nd \u0430\u00a031-23 loss to the Detroit Lions on J\u0430n. 21.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JV3LMEX3TZFHXHLMWJCKUBTRVE\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">\u0430fter 2023, White left for the e\u0430gles in free \u0430gency, \u0440utting Britt in the lineu\u0440 beside D\u0430vid.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YAONGZQPZBHI5GKD2W5XIS2LYM\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Britt st\u0430rted the first 11 g\u0430mes of the 2024 se\u0430son, but he sust\u0430ined \u0430n \u0430nkle injury in \u0430 30-7 victory over the New York Gi\u0430nts on Nov. 24. Britt \u0440l\u0430yed 66 defensive sn\u0430\u0440s in T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y\u2019s seven rem\u0430ining g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"EC4VZBE6E5CA7N4U5FU3XCVR4Y\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Before \u0430uburn \u0430nd the NFL, Britt e\u0430rned \u0430ll-St\u0430te recognition \u0430t Oxford High School in 2015 \u0430nd 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lineb\u0430cker\u00a0K.J. 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