2018 Top 10 Draft Position: DT

This is one of a series of building up to the Draft articles designed to show you the top 10 players at the various positions in the upcoming 2018 NFL Draft.

1	Vita Vea	DT	6′- 4″	347	Washington
2	Da’Ron Payne	DT	6′ – 2″	311	Alabama
3	Taven Bryan	DT	6′ – 5″	291	Florida
4	Maurice Hurst	DT	6′ – 1″	292	Michigan
5	Harrison Phillips	DT	6′ – 3″	307	Stanford
6	B.J. Hill	DT	6′ – 3″	311	North Carolina State
7	Nathan Shepherd	DT	6′- 4″	315	Fort Hays State
8	Tim Settle	DT	6′ – 3″	329	Virginia Tech
9	Trenton Thompson	DT	6′ – 3″	288	Georgia
10	Derrick Nnadi	DT	6′ – 1″	317	Florida State

The Dolphins after jettisoning one of the best DT’s in the game is relying on young players much like their CB’s.

Jordan Phillips who has benefited from having Suh as a mentor these past three years has an opportunity to step up in a big way and prove his worth in what is his final season under his rookie contract and can make a huge raise or be shown the door depending on his 2018 season. They need Phillips to be more consistent and display his dominance more regularly throughout the games.

The Dolphins also doubled up last year on two young DT’s both of whom showed promise. I feel they need to add another veteran DT and not necessarily draft one this year. I do not see the need to draft a DT despite the loss of SUH.