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Dante Trader Jr.: Questionable
Est. return: Nov 1
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Dante Trader Jr is back in the game too.
Questionable Returned
10 more updatesfrom 3 sources
- Oct 25 Omar Kelly (X) Not enjoy recognition is going to be made for Dante Trader Jr. and JuJu Brents going back in the game and playing with shoulder and neck area injuries. That’s what competitors do.+1
- Oct 25 David Furones (X) Both JuJu Brents and Dante Trader returned from their injuries.
- Oct 25 ESPN NFL Injury Report Dante Trader Jr.: Questionable+2
- Oct 25 David Furones (X) Zayne Anderson in for Dante Trader. · Quoting David Furones: Dante Trader is down along the Dolphins sideline. He gets up and is walking under his own power as he goes to the injury tent.
- Oct 25 Omar Kelly (X) Dante Trader has seemingly hurt his left arm.. He's headed into the tent.
- Oct 25 David Furones (X) Dante Trader is down along the Dolphins sideline. He gets up and is walking under his own power as he goes to the injury tent.
- Oct 25 Omar Kelly (X) Dante Trader Jr. just got hurt making a sideline tackle. He's being attended to by trainers. Zayne Anderson has entered the game.
- Oct 25 David Furones (X) Dante Trader has to make a play on that deep ball.
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Dante Trader, Chris Johnson, JuJu Brents and Jason Marshall Jr. seen getting extra reps well after Friday practice.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Oct 23 David Furones (X) Marshall told me it’s something the group of young DBs has decided to start doing recently. They were the last ones still on the field after Friday’s practice. · Quoting David Furones: Dante Trader, Chris Johnson, JuJu Brents and Jason Marshall Jr. seen getting extra reps well after Friday practice.
- Oct 23 David Furones (X) Dante Trader, Chris Johnson, JuJu Brents and Jason Marshall Jr. seen getting extra reps well after Friday practice.
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Dolphins’ Caleb Douglas not practicing, as Jeff Hafley said, but working out on the side.
Also not seen practicing: Rob Beal, Jackson Woodard, Reese Taylor.
Dante Trader was out there, as was Storm Duck. · Quoting David Furones: He’s baaaack.
Dolphins DT Kenneth Grant’s first practice after starting season on IR.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Oct 7 David Furones (X) It’s now being deemed a shin issue for Dante Trader after it was the knee in-game Sunday against the Vikings. · Quoting David Furones: Dolphins injury report reveals it’s a toe for Kenneth Grant.
- Oct 7 David Furones (X) Dolphins’ Caleb Douglas not practicing, as Jeff Hafley said, but working out on the side. Also not seen practicing: Rob Beal, Jackson Woodard, Reese Taylor. Dante Trader was out there, as was Storm Duck. · Quoting David Furones: He’s baaaack. Dolphins DT Kenneth Grant’s first practice after starting season on IR.
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Hafley said Dante Trader(knee) is day to day and Reese Taylor is out this week. He's week to week
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Dolphins defensive snap counts at Vikings. Dante Trader got hurt but went back in. Josh Uche’s snaps keep rising. We saw some Rodney McGraw and Mazi Smith.
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Dante Trader Jr.: Questionable
Oct 4: Trader (knee) is questionable to return to Sunday's game against Minnesota.
4 more updatesfrom 3 sources
- Oct 4 ESPN NFL Injury Report Dante Trader Jr.: Questionable+2
- Oct 4 Omar Kelly (X) Dante Trader Jr is finishing the game.
- Oct 4 Omar Kelly (X) Dante Trader Jr. is sidelined by a knee injury. Zayne Anderson is getting paired with Michael Taaffe again.
- Dolphins safety Dante Trader Jr. address the issue his unit has had covering tight ends in the first 3 games of the season.
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Transcript: S Dante Trader Jr. Press Conference - September 28
Read the full transcript from S Dante Trader Jr.'s media availability on September 28, 2026.
- This is about Ollie Gordon II · Quoting Omar Kelly: “He is a gamer. He shows up on game day when his number is called,” Dolphins safety Dante Trader Jr.
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"I thought Trader played a good game yesterday. He's very physical," Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley on Dante Trader Jr.
5 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- Sep 28 David Furones (X) Dolphins safety Dante Trader Jr. couldn’t believe Jacob Rodriguez came all the way out to where his tipped ball was to intercept it.
- Sep 28 Omar Kelly (X) “He is a gamer. He shows up on game day when his number is called,” Dolphins safety Dante Trader Jr.
- Sep 28 Omar Kelly (X) “We were trying to keep a roof on the thing with one of the most explosive offenses in the league,” Dante Trader Jr. said.
- Sep 28 Omar Kelly (X) “This whole year is about opportunity, especially since this staff goes here,” Dante Trader Jr.
- Sep 28 Omar Kelly (X) “You don’t want to be in that situation. You don’t want your brother to be in that situation, especially when the offense runs through him,” Dolphins safety Dante Trader Jr. said.
- Sep 28 Omar Kelly (X) "I thought Trader played a good game yesterday. He's very physical," Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley on Dante Trader Jr.
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Michael Taaffe, Dante Trader first two safeties up in pregame warmups. Chop Robinson back to his post as starting DE. Josh Uche opposite him pregame.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Sep 27 David Furones (X) That pick looks good! Rashee Rice tipped it up while on the ground. It went off Dante Trader, and Jacob Rodriguez came up with it before it hit the ground. · Quoting David Furones: Jacob Rodriguez comes up with the diving interception, diving for the ball deflected up in the air.
- Sep 27 David Furones (X) Michael Taaffe, Dante Trader first two safeties up in pregame warmups. Chop Robinson back to his post as starting DE. Josh Uche opposite him pregame.
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With Chop Robinson out, Josh Uche and Robert Beal Jr. seen lining up on the edge with first-team DTs Zach Sieler and Jordan Phillips in pregame warmups. I'm sure it'll be a rotation with all edges + DT Zeek Biggers kicking out.
At safety, saw Michael Taaffe and Dante Trader.
2 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- Sep 20 David Furones (X) And this is how Dolphins defense starts. Uche and Beal on the edge, Taaffe and Trader at safety. Marshall and Chris Johnson start with Willie Gay Jr. the Sam LB. JuJu Brents comes in for nickel, to play on the outside. · Quoting David Furones: With Chop Robinson out, Josh Uche and Robert Beal Jr. seen lining up on the edge with first-team DTs Zach Sieler and Jordan Phillips in pregame warmups. I'm sure it'll be a rotation with all edges + DT Zeek Biggers kicking out. At safety, saw Michael Taaffe and Dante Trader.
- Sep 20 Omar Kelly (X) Also in the starting lineup was Dante Trader Jr., who replaced Zayne Anderson. Michael Taaffe remains the starting free safety.
- Sep 20 David Furones (X) With Chop Robinson out, Josh Uche and Robert Beal Jr. seen lining up on the edge with first-team DTs Zach Sieler and Jordan Phillips in pregame warmups. I'm sure it'll be a rotation with all edges + DT Zeek Biggers kicking out. At safety, saw Michael Taaffe and Dante Trader.
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Transcript: S Dante Trader Jr. Press Conference - September 14
Read the full transcript from S Dante Trader Jr.'s postgame media availability on September 14, 2026.
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Sep 14 David Furones (X) “Any competitor in the National Football League wants to be a starter,” Dante Trader said today when I asked him about the rotation at safety, but he added the coaching staff has been transparent with communication about the situation and that all the safeties will need each other going forward. · Quoting David Furones: Here's a look at how the Miami Dolphins split up snap counts in their first game under a new staff.
- Sep 14 Dolphins Team Site Transcript: S Dante Trader Jr. Press Conference - September 14
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Based on the warmups, it appears Michael Taaffe will be starting over Dante Trader Jr.
2 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- Sep 13 Ryan McFadden (X) Cousins records his second interception. This time, Dolphins safety and former Terp Dante Trader Jr. secures the turnover.
- Sep 13 Omar Kelly (X) Dante Trader Jr and Michael Taaffe are Miami's safeties coming into the second half.
- Sep 13 Omar Kelly (X) Based on the warmups, it appears Michael Taaffe will be starting over Dante Trader Jr.
- All players on Dolphins’ 53-man roster good to go, even as Dante Trader was added to the injury report Friday with a hamstring issue. Brock Bowers, of course, is OUT for the Raiders.
- “I see all three of them as starters and we’ll see the same thing on Sunday….All three of them are guys we’re going to rely on and play,” Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley on Zayne Anderson, Michael Taaffe and Dante Trader Jr.
- Caleb Douglas, Chris Bell, Malik Washington the starting receivers. Dante Trader, Zayne Anderson the starting safeties, with Kyle Louis now with that group and second team with Michael Taaffe. (All unofficial, of course.) · Quoting David Furones: Miami Dolphins updated unofficial depth chart after roster cuts for the 53 and ahead of the opener against the Raiders.
- Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley said all three safeties the team has had time with -- Dante Trader, Zayne Anderson and Michael Taaffe -- are battling to start, and he expects them all to have a role defensively. He also said he believes Kyle Louis can factor in at all his positions.
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Transcript: S Dante Trader Jr. Press Conference - August 28
Read the full transcript from S Dante Trader Jr.'s postgame media availability on August 28, 2026.