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Dolphins RB De’Von Achane is entering the fourth year of his career and assuming more of a leadership role in their locker room. Miami HC Jeff Hafley said he had a conversation with Achane about needing him to be a leader and is excited about him going into 2026.
“Our conversation went great. Our first conversation that we had, I thought went great. I just got to know him. I had a good conversation, just talked about a lot of different things. I don’t recall how I told him I needed him to be a leader, whether it was vocal, whether it was one way or the other. I think everybody leads different, and we need our best players to lead whatever way that they can. Whether it’s how he practices, whether it’s how he grabs a guy one on one, whether he is loud out on the field, we need our best players to lead and I’m excited for him to do that,” Hafley said, via the team’s site.
When asked about the next step in his progression, Achane said that he is stepping up as a leader.
“Now you just focus on football. Just keep getting better and just make sure that I’ll be a leader for this team out here for my teammates. Just make sure that we get better as a team day in and day out,” Achane said, via the team’s site.
As for becoming a vocal leader, Achane said he uses his voice when needed and wants to be someone who brings the offense together.
“I’m getting better at it. It’s not just somebody asking me to speak, I’ll just speak on my own. When I feel like practice wasn’t good enough or at a moment in practice I feel like we need that energy to break it up a little bit, I could be the one bringing the offense together like, Hey, we need to fix this. Fix this up, it’s just not looking right. It’s just stuff like that.”
Dolphins HC Jeff Hafley spoke about how rookie CB Chris Johnson and rookie OL Kaydn Proctor will initially fit on the team.
“Yeah, I think it’s case-by-case,” Hafley said, via Dolphins Wire. “*I mean Chris is going to play inside and outside. We got to be careful overloading any young player, but we also have to get a feel for the players and see how much that they can handle. Quickly we’ve seen that Chris is capable of handling multiple positions, so you’ll see him on the inside, you’ll see him on the outside. He’ll be doing both. Proctor, you’ll see on one side right now, Jonah (Savaiinaea), you’ll see on one side right now, and we’ll just keep him on those sides and let them get comfortable. So it’s case by case, and I think that’s our job as coaches is to figure that out. Some guys, we’re still not sure yet. Practice has been limited....
