Yesterday, the Tennessee Titans agreed to send last year’s first-round-pick, offensive lineman Isaiah Wilson and a seventh-round-pick in 2022 to the Miami Dolphins, in exchange for a 2021 seventh-rounder.
Before the trade becomes official, Wilson will need to pass a physical in Miami next week once the new league year begins.
Last season, Tennessee signed Wilson, the 29th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to a four-year, $11.6 million contract in August. As a member of the Titans, Wilson did not get off to get a good start, which is why the team chose to cut ties with him just less than a year later.
The former Georgia Bulldog right tackle played only four snaps during his rookie season. He found himself on the reserve/COVID-19 list twice during training camp and in October. By December, he was placed on the non-football injury list which ended his season.
In addition to this, Wilson also had a couple of run-ins with the law.
His first incident occurred when the Tennessee State Police broke up an off-campus party that he had attended during training camp. The police report stated that Wilson went to the second-floor balcony and considered jumping. He received a trespass warning for this.
The next incident happened when Wilson was arrested and charged with a DUI in September when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a concrete wall.
Titans GM Jon Robinson recently addressed Wilson’s status during a virtual news conference with the media last month, since placing him on the NFI list (non-football injury list). Robinson stated that Wilson “needs to make a determination on whether he wants to wants to do what it takes to play pro football.”
Now a Miami Dolphin, Wilson will get a second chance to revive his career. The team liked him prior to last year’s NFL draft and he could’ve been a Day 2 selection.
Wilson also has ties with Dolphins head coach Brian Flores since he played his high school football at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York where Flores attended. Current Dolphins guard Solomon Kindley also went to Georgia with Wilson as well.
Miami hopes these connections will help the team get more out of Wilson than Tennessee did.
