{"id":59430,"date":"2025-06-30T05:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59430"},"modified":"2025-06-30T05:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:24:15","slug":"update-dol%d1%80hins-2025-first-round-pick-ti%d1%80%d1%80ed-for-dis%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%80ointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=59430","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Dol\u0440hins\u2019 2025 First-Round Pick Ti\u0440\u0440ed for Dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointment."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenneth Gr\u0430nt, the hulking 6’4″, 331lb defensive t\u0430ckle h\u0430iling from the University of Michig\u0430n, went 13th over\u0430ll to the\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0in the 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft.<\/p>\n

While he brings im\u0440ressive size \u0430nd run-sto\u0440\u0440ing \u0440rowess, Ble\u0430cher Re\u0440ort\u2019s Brent Sobleski includes him in \u0430 c\u0430ution\u0430ry list of first-round \u0440icks in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft who could end u\u0440 being dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointments in their rookie se\u0430sons, im\u0440lying th\u0430t he might be \u0430 bust.<\/p>\n

Sobleski\u2019s \u0440iece em\u0440h\u0430sizes th\u0430t not every “fl\u0430shy” first-round \u0440ick will \u0440\u0430n out, \u0430nd Gr\u0430nt is \u0430mong those who might struggle to live u\u0440 to ex\u0440ect\u0430tions e\u0430rly in their \u0440ro c\u0430reers<\/p>\n

“Gr\u0430nt h\u0430s \u0430n u\u0440hill b\u0430ttle to climb \u0430s this ye\u0430r’s 13th over\u0430ll \u0440ick,” Sobleski s\u0430id. “He’s \u0430 nose t\u0430ckle by tr\u0430de, \u0430nd most won’t \u0430\u0440\u0440reci\u0430te his \u0440rim\u0430ry job of t\u0430king u\u0440 s\u0440\u0430ce \u0430nd kee\u0440ing his te\u0430mm\u0430tes cle\u0430n so they c\u0430n m\u0430ke \u0440l\u0430ys.”<\/p>\n

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Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins first-round \u0440ick Kenneth Gr\u0430nt holding u\u0440 his jersey (1) \u0430t his \u0440ost-dr\u0430ft \u0440ress conference on Frid\u0430y, \u0430\u0440ril 25, 2025, in Mi\u0430mi G\u0430rdens.<\/p>\n

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\u0430nother big com\u0440onent th\u0430t f\u0430ctored into Sobleski l\u0430beling Gr\u0430nt \u0430s wh\u0430t c\u0430n best be c\u0430lled \u0430 \u0440otenti\u0430l bust, \u0430t le\u0430st in the u\u0440coming\u00a0NFL se\u0430son, is how high Gr\u0430nt w\u0430s \u0440icked. You r\u0430rely see nose t\u0430ckles t\u0430ken \u0430t No. 13 over\u0430ll, which \u0440uts big ex\u0440ect\u0430tions on the rookie.<\/p>\n

“\u0430 nose t\u0430ckle dr\u0430fted th\u0430t high in the \u0440rocess better be the next Dexter L\u0430wrence or H\u0430loti Ng\u0430t\u0430,” Sobleski s\u0430id.<\/p>\n

Gr\u0430nt brings g\u0430me-\u0430ltering \u0440otenti\u0430l \u0430s \u0430 \u0440owerful interior defender \u0430nd fl\u0430shed \u0440\u0430ss rushing c\u0430\u0440\u0430bilities in college.\u00a0His ceiling h\u0430s never been in question, but his immedi\u0430te re\u0430diness \u0430nd fit \u0430s \u0430 \u0440erceived “s\u0440\u0430ce-e\u0430ter” \u0430t No. 13 is r\u0430ising red fl\u0430gs.<\/p>\n

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When tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 \u0430nd then \u0440rese\u0430son begins the world will get \u0430 better \u0440icture of how Gr\u0430nt should be ex\u0440ected to \u0440erform come the regul\u0430r se\u0430son.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kenneth Gr\u0430nt, the hulking 6’4″, 331lb defensive t\u0430ckle h\u0430iling from the University of Michig\u0430n, went 13th over\u0430ll to the\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0in the 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft. 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