The Miami Dolphins went to the waiver wire on Friday and came away with a new edge rusher, claiming Jamree Kromah to help shore up a position group that needed more bodies.
Kromah, 26, arrives after a winding path to Miami. He spent four seasons at Rutgers and two at James Madison, piling up 97 tackles, 14 sacks and one fumble recovery across 46 games before going undrafted in 2024.
Chicago signed him as an undrafted free agent, but he didn’t make the Bears’ roster coming out of camp. He then had a short run with the New England Patriots as a rookie, where he logged two tackles in two games, before returning to Chicago’s practice squad.
Kromah spent the rest of his rookie year and the entire 2025 season there. He made Chicago’s roster this year, though he never got into a game.
To make room for him, Miami released veteran defensive end Robert Beal Jr.
Beal, 27, came into the league as a fifth-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in the 2023 NFL Draft after a college career at Georgia that included two national championships. Over three seasons with San Francisco, he played in 25 games and recorded 37 tackles and one sack. He signed a one-year deal with the Dolphins this offseason, then produced one tackle in two games before a hamstring injury kept him out of the last four.
Miami’s active edge group now features Kromah alongside Chop Robinson, Joshua Uche, Malik Herring and Rodney McGraw. The practice squad also includes seventh-round pick Max Llewellyn, Eric Watts and Amari Gainer.
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