One would imagine if Ohio State’s Sonny Styles is available to the Miami Dolphins, they will jump at the opportunity.

A long (6-5), playmaking linebacker with positional versatility who started off his collegiate career at safety, Styles offers a unique skillset that new head coach Jeff Hafley would certainly love in the middle of his defense in one form or fashion. It is uncommon to have a player 6-5 off-ball with both range as a tackler and a pass defender.

By all accounts, however, Styles has worked his way toward the top of this draft at this year’s combine and won’t likely be available to Miami at their first selection, pick No. 11.

General manager Jon-Eric Sullivan has been a part of a team in Green Bay that never struggled with taking smaller-school players, so one would bet that he has his eyes on Louisiana-Lafayette’s Jaden Duggar.

EYE-RAISING SIMILARITIES

There’s more to be learned at his Pro Day on March 25, but Duggar kind of looks like a small-school clone of Styles. Duggar is 6-5, 240, will reportedly run 4.5 or better and is ridiculously long with 35-inch arms and an 85-inch wingspan tackles would sign off for in a heartbeat.

He was a great find by this year’s East-West Shrine scouts to bring in, as he had interceptions on consecutive practice days so he is definitely on team’s radars.

A high school wide receiver, Duggar started his career at Georgetown where he was primarily a special teamer and backup DB as a freshman. As a 218-pound sophomore, he started at safety for the Hoyas and was named second-team all-league.

He transferred to the Sun Belt’s Rajun Cajuns in 2024 and again, played more of a complimentary role his first year. In 2025, however, Duggar went off. He finished 10^th in the nation in tackles with 125 (64 solo) to go along with 4 sacks, an interception, three pass breakups and a forced fumble.

Watching his tape, they played Duggar all over the place. Mike linebacker, Will – you name it. They split him out wide to cover receivers (watch highlights below) at times and he handled it well. He is a player whose tape lacks nothing. He gives the same positional versatility that makes DC’s mouths water like Styles does.

If Duggar runs in the 4.5 area, this is a guy who probably went from UDFA to who knows where in the span of a few months. There is no way considering his path prior to 2025 that he could have been on too many radars. But there is nothing on his tape that suggests he is anything but a baller.

STRENGTHS AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT

When watching Duggar and his ability to go sideline-to-sideline, make plays as a pass defender and with the ability to rush the passer, it looks like Styles and then some because Styles does not yet have the knack for getting after the quarterback.

Duggar’s length and range – in my opinion – are already NFL ready as a Will linebacker. He’s a big hitter, he can roam inside or outside and he can cover a lot of ground. fast His pass coverage is already better than most of the linebacker draftees in the class, if not all. On top of it, he shows flashes attacking the A gap as a MLB and then out to wide 9 to the point one would think he also has potential as a situational EDGE.

There is a huge disparity for Duggar both in competition level and in playing time and that has to be considered by GMs. He needs work with his technique and hand usage and he could probably get stronger because NFL guards will be an issue for him right now.

But also consider that Duggar never got the benefit of training room, training table or strength and conditioning of a Power 5 school, much less what he will get as a pro. It feels like this is a player with low miles and considerable upside.

From this seat, Duggar is a prospect worthy of a hard look by the Dolphins, and hopefully they are represented at his Pro Day later this month. For now, he looks like a day three player who, with a little development, could seem like a huge bargain someday.