Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Dolphins add camp bodies at TE, QB and DE

BY EDITOR

The Miami Dolphins announced Tuesday they have signed tight end Brett Brackett, quarterback Seth Lobato and defensive end D’Aundre Reed and waived quarterback Brock Jensen, linebacker Derrell Johnson and guard Davonte Wallace.

The 6-5, 246-pound Brackett re-joins the Dolphins after spending part of the 2013 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

After originally entering the NFL in 2011 as an undrafted free agent with the Dolphins, Brackett spent parts of the 2011 season on the practice squads of Miami, Jacksonville and the Philadelphia Eagles.

A four-year letterman at Penn State, Brackett played in 52 games with 15 starts and totaled 56 receptions for 714 yards and seven touchdowns.

The 6-6, 223-pound Lobato joins the Dolphins after spending time during the 2014 offseason with the Indianapolis Colts after being signed as an undrafted free agent.

A three-year starter, he appeared in 35 career games at Northern Colorado where he completed 637 of 1,126 passes for 8,090 yards and 53 touchdowns while gaining Big Sky All-Conference honorable mention recognition.

The 6-4, 260-pound Reed joins the Dolphins after spending time during the 2014 offseason with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Reed has appeared in six regular season games. He began 2013 with the Minnesota Vikings after his release following training camp and spent a portion of 2013 season on the San Francisco 49ers practice squad prior to joining the Jaguars.

Reed appeared in six games with Minnesota in 2012 after being inactive for all 16 games as a rookie in 2011. He originally entered the NFL in 2011 as a seventh round selection (215th overall) of the Vikings. Reed played in 47 games, with eight starts, at the University of Arizona

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