The Miami Dolphins are adding another young body to the mix, with first-year defensive tackle Fatorma Mulbah set to join the roster, according to agent Brett Tessler, who announced the move on social media Wednesday afternoon.
That addition appears tied to another roster change on the way. When Miami makes Mulbah’s signing official, it likely will come with defensive tackle Rene Konga landing on injured reserve after head coach Jeff Hafley said Tuesday that Konga would be out for the season.
Konga, a rookie free agent out of Louisville, had been an intriguing interior presence because of his pass-rushing ability. His move to IR would make him the second Dolphins player there, alongside tackle Carter Warren. Warren was waived-injured in mid-June and will stay on injured reserve until he is healthy enough to pass a physical or reaches an injury settlement with the team.
Mulbah, listed at 6-4 and 306 pounds, has been searching for his next opportunity since the end of last season. He spent the second half of 2025 on the New York Jets practice squad after signing with them as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2025, and he also appeared in all three of the Jets’ preseason games last summer.
His path to the NFL went through West Virginia after he began his college career at Penn State, where he was teammates in 2022 with Dolphins edge defenders Chop Robinson and Rodney McGraw.
Even though he went undrafted, Mulbah drew attention for his athletic profile. He posted an 8.66 Relative Athletic Score, which ranked 254th out of 1,883 defensive tackles from 1987 to 2025 at the time.
He now joins a Dolphins defensive tackle room headed by veteran Zach Sieler and including 2025 draft picks Kenneth Grant, Jordan Phililps and Zeek Biggers, along with Matthew Butler, Keith Cooper Jr. and Alex Huntley.
Mulbah is the seventh newcomer Miami has brought in since the middle of May, and that group has followed a clear pattern: young players with little or no NFL experience, or former first-round picks trying to get their careers back on track.
Mulbah fits the first bucket, along with running back Carlos Washington Jr., tackle Marques Cox, safety Major Burns and tackle Gottlieb Ayedze. The second group includes wide receiver Jalen Reagor and edge defender Clelin Ferrell.
That trend says plenty about how Miami is approaching the open market. If a big-name free agent is still out there, the Dolphins don’t look like a team ready to jump into a bidding war for him.
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