Dolphins elevate WR Robbie Chosen, bypass CB call-up despite Jalen Ramsey being questionable

Shorthanded at wide receiver for Sunday’s season opener, the Miami Dolphins elevated Robbie Chosen from the practice squad to the game-day roster Saturday.

They also bypassed calling up a cornerback from the practice squad with their top player at the position, Jalen Ramsey, questionable with a hamstring injury. The decision not to elevate a cornerback could potentially bode well for Ramsey’s status against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Sunday’s 1 p.m. kickoff at Hard Rock Stadium.

The Dolphins are already down wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. (physically-unable-to-perform list) and River Cracraft (injured reserve, shoulder) to start the season. Both will be sidelined at least the first four games of the season.

Additionally, rookie wide receiver Malik Washington was ruled out Friday due to a quadriceps ailment. Chosen joins Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Braxton Berrios and Grant DuBose as available wide receivers for Miami on Sunday.

Chosen (6 feet 3, 185 pounds) played in nine games with the Dolphins in 2023, catching four passes for 126 yards and a touchdown in last September’s 70-20 win over the Denver Broncos.

The Broward County product from South Plantation High has also played with the New York Jets, Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals in his eight previous NFL seasons since his college career at Temple.

If Ramsey plays, the Dolphins can maintain their top three cornerback lineup of him, Kendall Fuller and Kader Kohou in the nickel package. If Ramsey does not play against Jacksonville, second-year player Ethan Bonner likely jumps into that rotation and/or undrafted rookie Storm Duck gets into the mix. Miami also has options to deploy three-safety sets with Marcus Maye or Elijah Campbell joining projected starters Jevon Holland and Jordan Poyer on the field.

Miami had the option of elevating either veteran cornerback Nik Needham or undrafted rookie Isaiah Johnson from the practice squad but opted against it.