The newest Dolphins signing will look mighty familiar to South Florida football fans

Barrow Jr. was originally a 3-star recruit who enrolled at Michigan State before transferring to the Miami Hurricanes program ahead of the 2024 college football season. He posted a career best in sacks (5.5) while also logging 8.0 tackles for loss while playing for the Hurricanes as a redshirt senior in 2024. An undersized player, Barrow Jr. was known for his quickness and ran a 4.90 second 40-yard dash at 283 pounds at his Pro Day.

Barrow Jr. would go on to be undrafted in the 2025 NFL Draft and collected opportunities on the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns practice squads throughout the course of this season before being released on December 10th.

Miami will be well positioned to carry him into the offseason — more often than not NFL teams sign their practice squad players to futures contracts for minimum salaries. All NFL teams must account for their top 51 players in cost against the salary cap once the league's year starts in March, so young players who can occupy a top-51 spot and help fill the offseason roster are commonplace once the season ends. Miami presumably sees something in his film; as a signing this close to the end of the season that didn't offer a corresponding futures contract would be considered an upset.

Miami Dolphins recent transactions

• Sign DT Simeon Barrow Jr. to practice squad
• Activate IOL Andrew Meyer off injured reserve
• Sign WR Theo Wease Jr. to the active roster
• Place IDL Benito Jones, WR Dee Eskridge, and CB Isaiah Johnson on injured reserve

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This story was originally published by A to Z Sports on Dec 30, 2025, where it first appeared in the NFL section. Add A to Z Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.