The Fish Tank: Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep

Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep Elandon Roberts arrived in Miami in 2020 with two Super Bowl Championships under his belt, a wealth of experience, and a reputation as a heavy hitting linebacker. Perhaps the most valuable asset the Port Arthur, Texas native has brought to the Dolphins locker room, however, has been his leadership.  Diving in with O.J. and Seth, “E-Rob” discusses how a physical p...

Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep Mike McDaniel saw a lifelong dream become a reality on February 7, 2022 when he was named the 14th Head Coach in Miami Dolphins history. The Greeley, Colorado native parlayed a passion for football and a Yale education, both on and off the field, into a 15-year journey as an NFL assistant before assuming his current role. Making his first appearance in The Fish T...

Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep Born and raised in Hollywood, Florida, Travis Daniels attended South Broward High School, less than 15 miles from Hard Rock Stadium. Daniels spent four years at Louisiana State University, helping Nick Saban capture his first National Championship, before Saban would return the favor, this time as Head Coach of the Miami Dolphins, selecting Daniels in the fourth...

Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep Hailing from Orange County, California, Nik Needham’s journey to Miami Gardens was far longer than just the 2,700+ miles between the two communities. Needham lived in four different cities and attended three different high schools as a youth before weathering a 1-23 storm his final two seasons with the UTEP Miners, only to watch seven rounds of the 2019 NFL Draft...

Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep A unique combination of size, speed, and athleticism helped Jaelan Phillips become the number one rated football recruit in the country in just his junior year at Redlands East Valley High School in California. Phillips followed a family legacy to UCLA and was on the path to fulfilling his gridiron dreams before a barrage of injuries, including being hit by a car...

Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep From the moment Tua Tagovailoa threw the game-winning touchdown pass to lift the University of Alabama to their 17th National Championship in 2017, he kickstarted a journey that would see him capture nearly every college football award imaginable, along with the hearts of Crimson Tide fans across the country. The Miami Dolphins selected Tagovailoa with the fifth...

Miami Dolphins Tales From The Deep The decorated football career of Ricky Williams is the stuff of legend, featuring an NCAA career rushing record, the 1998 Heisman Trophy, becoming the first player ever to represent a National Football League team’s entire draft class in 1999, and an NFL rushing title in 2002. It is Williams’s enigmatic personality, however, that has often stood out even more tha...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast As senior director of publications for the New York Yankees, Alfred Santasiere III has seen, heard, and told no shortage of amazing stories in his 20 years working with the venerable baseball franchise. Before serving as editor-in-chief of Yankees Magazine or co-writing a New York Times best-seller, however, Santasiere fulfilled a life-long dream by interning wit...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Born and raised in Miami, Vernon Carey starred at Northwestern Senior High School before helping to make up one of the most decorated rosters in college football history at the University of Miami. Carey completed the South Florida football trifecta when the Miami Dolphins selected the offensive lineman in the first round of the 2004 draft, and he remained a Dolp...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Before Dan Le Batard built the top sports podcast in the country, he established himself as a columnist for the Miami Herald, regularly covering the biggest moments for South Florida’s biggest teams. A constant in the Miami Dolphins press box, Le Batard provided readers provocative perspective on Dolphins’ greats including Don Shula, Dan Marino, Jason Taylor, Zac...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Travis Wingfield looked across the entire country to turn his love for sports into an undeniable passion when he became a diehard Miami Dolphins fan at an early age. Wingfield’s hunger for all things aqua and orange paired with his analytical approach led him to podcasting, and ultimately to building one of the most listened...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Undrafted out of Temple in 1998, Larry Chester played seven NFL seasons, including the final three years of his career with the Miami Dolphins, spending nearly every down next to Tim Bowens at defensive tackle. In the tank, Larry explains the unique nickname Bowens gave him (2:06), shares why he came across so angry during his Dolphins days (4:03), sheds light as...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Happy New Year from The Fish Tank! With 22 episodes in the books for 2021, hosts O.J. McDuffie and Seth Levit reflect back on the year that was, and identify their top 10 moments, adding in a special bonus for listeners with a never-before heard segment featuring current Miami Dolphins wide receiver, Preston Williams. The countdown includes stories from the follo...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Marco Coleman rewrote the record books at Georgia Tech, finishing as the school’s all-time leader with 28 sacks in just three seasons. Coleman entered the 1992 NFL Draft following his junior year and didn’t have to wait long before the Miami Dolphins selected him 12thoverall. Coleman would go on to play four of his 14 NFL seasons in Miami, establishing himself as...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Jed Weaver parlayed a walk-on opportunity at the University of Oregon into a six-year NFL career that included three seasons in Miami and a Super Bowl Championship with the New England Patriots in 2004. In the tank, Jed discusses growing up in Redmond, Oregon where he played youth football as well as baseball with his cousins, future Major League Baseball stars,...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Despite an injury-shortened career that lasted just eight seasons, Dwight Stephenson is universally regarded as one of, if not the greatest center to ever play the game. The Miami Dolphins second-round draft choice in 1980 followed back-to-back national championships at the University of Alabama with five Pro Bowl appearances, 4 First-Team All Pro nods, the 1985...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Dolphins legend Nat Moore makes his second appearance in The Fish Tank, combining with O.J. McDuffie to form one of the most prolific receiving duos in podcast history (925 receptions for 12,620 yards and 103 receiving TDs)! In this episode, Nat discusses the upcoming celebration of the Nat Moore Trophy presented by CBS4 to the top high school football player fro...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Born and raised in Hampton, Virginia, Dwight Hollier attended the University of North Carolina where he was an All-ACC linebacker and Academic All-Conference student athlete. The Dolphins selected Hollier in the fourth round of the 1992 draft and he would go on to play eight of his nine NFL seasons in Miami. In The Tank, Dwight reflects upon his childhood in Hamp...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Bernie Kosar first made an impact on the South Florida football landscape as a redshirt freshman at the University of Miami in 1983, guiding the Hurricanes to the school’s first national championship. Kosar’s collegiate success led to his being the first pick of the 1985 supplemental draft as his hometown Cleveland Browns made the Youngstown, Ohio native its quar...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Following two years as an All Conference offensive tackle at Texas A&M, Hunter Goodwin played eight NFL seasons as one of the best blocking tight ends in the league. Goodwin spent 1999-2001 in Miami, helping the Dolphins reach the playoffs in each of those three seasons, including the team’s 23-17 Wild Card victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Currently, he s...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Hailing from Pascagoula, Mississippi, Terrell Buckley was recruited to Florida State University with the hopes of filling a void left by all-time great, Deion Sanders. Buckley did not disappoint as he set the Seminoles all-time record for career interceptions with 21 in just three seasons. Buckley would continue to torment quarterbacks in the NFL, snagging 50 INT...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast A Pasadena, California native, Sean Smith played three seasons at Utah, helping lead the Utes to an undefeated 2008 season, culminated by a 31-17 victory over Nick Saban’s Alabama squad in the 2009 Sugar Bowl. Smith’s stellar work in college, combined with his uncanny size, caught the attention of the Miami Dolphins, who selected the cornerback in the second roun...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Despite being passed over in the 1994 draft, defensive end Jay Williams signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent following his career at Wake Forest. Williams didn’t make the cut in Miami, but went on to play five seasons with the St. Louis Rams and two more with the Carolina Panthers before returning to Miami for the final three seasons of his N...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast A two-sport star at Liberty University, James McKnight applied his skills from the gridiron as well as from the track during his 11-year NFL career. McKnight worked his way up the ladder, first signing as an undrafted free agent, and then serving on the practice squad before ultimately being promoted to the Seahawks active roster. After five seasons in Seattle an...

An Official Miami Dolphins Podcast Irving Fryar parlayed an All-American career at the University of Nebraska into becoming the number one overall pick of the 1984 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. While Fryar was selected to one Pro Bowl during his nine seasons in New England, the 17-year pro experienced a career and personal rebirth upon arriving in Miami in 1993. Fryar instantly became a f...