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The Tennessee Titans have agreed to trade Isaiah Wilson, their first pick last year, to the Miami Dolphins, sources told ESPN Monday.
The Titans will send a seventh-round pick in 2022 and Wilson to Miami for a 2021 seventh-rounder to complete the deal, sources said.
Wilson will have to complete his physical training in Miami once the new competition year kicks off next week before the transaction is officially finalized. If he doesn’t, he will return to the Titans.
Tennessee signed Wilson, the 29th overall selection in the April draft, to a $ 11.6 million four-year deal in August. His time in Tennessee didn’t start well, forcing the team to leave him less than a year later.
The University of Georgia correct tackle only played four snaps in his rookie season, which led to him being placed on the non-football injury list in December. Before that, Wilson was on the reserve / COVID-19 list twice last year, during training camp and in October.
He also had a few run-ins with the law.
The first incident occurred when Tennessee police broke an off-campus party that Wilson attended during training camp. In their report, police documented that Wilson went to the second-floor balcony, where he briefly appeared to consider jumping. He received a violation warning.
The second incident occurred when Wilson was arrested and charged with a DUI in September, when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a concrete wall.
Titans general manager Jon Robinson spoke out about Wilson’s status at a virtual press conference last month, telling reporters he hadn’t spoken to him since putting him on the NFI list and suggesting that Wilson “ decides if he wants to do whatever it takes to play. professional football. “
The dolphins, meanwhile, don’t buy much from Wilson. They liked him leading up to the 2020 NFL draft, and he could have been a candidate for a Day 2 pick by the team, a source told ESPN. Now the Dolphins are virtually taking a free chance to help him revive his NFL career.
Wilson played at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, where dolphin coach Brian Flores attended high school. Wilson also attended Georgia with dolphin watch Solomon Kindley.
Miami now hopes those connections will help get more out of Wilson than Tennessee.
NFL Network first reported the trade deal on Monday.
ESPN’s Dianna Russini and Cameron Wolfe contributed to this report.