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Title: Dolphins Sign Steve McKinney; Three Draft Choices And A College Free Agent Post by: DolFan619 on May 19, 2008, 05:12:13 pm http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsite/news/top_story.asp?contentID=5816
Dolphins Sign Steve McKinney; Three Draft Choices And A College Free Agent May 19, 2008 The Miami Dolphins today signed 10-year veteran offensive lineman Steve McKinney (pictured) as a free agent. McKinney’s first 10 NFL seasons were split between Indianapolis (1998-2001) and Houston (2002-07). In addition, team today signed three of their 2008 draft choices in running backs Jalen Parmele and Lex Hilliard, as well as defensive end Lionel Dotson. All three signed multi-year deals. The Dolphins also signed center Matt Spanos as an undrafted college free agent. With tackle Jake Long, the Dolphins’ first-round draft choice and the top pick in the draft, having signed on April 22, Miami now has four of its nine-man draft class under contract. Originally a fourth-round draft choice (93rd overall) of Indianapolis in 1998, McKinney played four years with the Colts before signing with Houston as an unrestricted free agent in 2002. In his 10 NFL seasons, McKinney has appeared in 143 regular season games, including 133 starts. He opened the first three games of 2007 at center before a season-ending knee injury landed him on the Texans’ injured reserve list. He has started all 16 league games on five occasions, including 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. During his pro tenure, he has started games at left guard, right guard and center. He also has opened each of the two playoff games in which he has appeared. McKinney was a four-year letterman at Texas A&M (1994-97), where he started the final 32 games of his career at left guard. Born October 15, 1975 in Galveston, Texas, McKinney finished his prep career at Clear Lake High School in Houston. He is the older brother of former Dolphins offensive lineman, Seth McKinney, a third-round draft choice of Miami in 2002, who played with the team through 2006. Parmele was the first of three sixth-round draft picks by the Dolphins (176th overall). The 5-11, 225-pounder was a four-year letterman at Toledo (2004-07) where he finished his career with 3,119 yards rushing and 28 touchdowns on 589 carries (5.3 avg.). He racked up 1,511 yards and 14 touchdowns on 276 attempts as a senior when he was a first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection. Hilliard was the third of Miami’s three sixth-round picks (204th overall). He played four years at Montana (2003-05, 2007), during which time he amassed 4,016 yards rushing and 50 touchdowns on 806 attempts (5.0 avg.). The 5-11, 234-pound Hilliard was a first-team All-Big Sky Conference selection as both a sophomore and junior, and a second-team pick in 2007 when he accumulated 1,132 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns on 242 carries. Dotson was the team’s seventh-round draft choice (245th overall). He played four years at the University of Arizona (2004-07) and appeared in 40 games with 32 starts in his career with the Wildcats. He registered 121 tackles, 14.5 stops for loss and 10.5 sacks over that stretch. He put together career high totals of 50 tackles, nine stops for loss and 6.5 sacks as a senior when he started all 12 games and was a second-team All-Pac-10 Conference selection. Spanos was a three-year letterman at USC (2004-05, 2007). He played in 10 games, including nine starts at center, as a senior in 2007 when he was an All-Pac-10 Conference honorable mention pick. Born December 31, 1984, he attended Corona (Calif.) High School. Title: Re: Dolphins Sign Steve McKinney; Three Draft Choices And A College Free Agent Post by: YoFuggedaboutit on May 19, 2008, 05:41:29 pm Four of their nine picks are rounded up. I wonder how negotiations are going with the other five?
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