Player profile

Age: 23 yr
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190 lb
NFL Experience: 0 years
Birth Date: Feb 18, 2003
College: Texas
Draft: 2026
Draft Pick: R5 · #158

Availability & contract

Expected Games: 4/17
Total Contract: $4.9M
This Year: —
Per Game: —

Roster Value breakdown

Compare this player against

Roster Value−14.2 vs NFL S24th percentile

Role−12.3 vs NFL S26th percentile

Experience−41.4 vs NFL S0th percentile

Prime−4.1 vs NFL S19th percentile

Durability−16.2 vs NFL S11th percentile

Continuity−33.4 vs NFL S0th percentile

Draft Pedigree+4.7 vs NFL S59th percentile

Contract Fit−10.3 vs NFL S23rd percentile

Status and availability

Where he stands

Unknown

His roster status is not established yet.

Next game

Not established

We do not yet have what it takes to answer this for the next game.

No published status yet

Still needed: a scheduled next game.

Where Michael Taaffe fits · Safeties

MIA safeties, last season vs this season — Michael Taaffe is highlighted. This shows where he sits in the room now, alongside last season's group for context.

NEW arrived this offseasonRE-UP re-signedLEFT left after last season- returning players are unmarked

This season · 2026Assistant Defensive Backs / Nickels: DeShawn Shead

#11Dante Trader Jr.708217/1735411008634$1.1M23.65'11"196

#23Zayne Anderson424512/1720069960$1.3M29.76'2"210

#31Michael TaaffeDrafted, unsigned35354/1700508633—23.66'0"190

#32Jaylin SimpsonPractice squad25301/1710—69631—26.46'0"178

#21Julius Wood39309/17——53930—25.46'1"194

Major BurnsPractice squad19303/170050890—24.36'2"207

Last season · 2025Assistant Defensive Backs / Nickels: DeShawn Shead

Ashtyn DavisUnknown788215/177165889668—30.06'1"200

Dante Trader Jr.708217/1735411008634$1.1M23.65'11"196

Ifeatu MelifonwuUnknown677212/175950699657—27.46'3"213

Jordan ColbertReserve list35555/170029960—26.56'2"215

Jack HendersonUnknown29305/170050900—24.76'2"205

Elijah CampbellUnknown——13/17——————31.15'11"193

Minkah FitzpatrickUnknown——15/17——————29.96'1"207

Transactions

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#31Michael Taaffe

Roster Value35

#158MIA

Miami Dolphins select S Michael Taaffe in the NFL draft

Apr 29, 2026

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