Guard · New England Patriots

Caedan Wallace

No. 70 · 3rd season

Wallace was supposed to be cut. Miami saw something New England didn't.

Caedan Wallace was on his way out of New England. The Patriots had made the call: he was going to be released. Then Miami stepped in with a trade offer, and suddenly the lineman's Patriots career was over—not with a pink slip, but with a fresh start in South Florida.

Wallace was a third-round pick, the kind of investment that usually signals a team believes in your foundation. Something shifted. New England decided to move on, but not before the Dolphins saw an opening and grabbed him, sending back a 2028 sixth-round pick and a 2029 seventh-rounder to make it happen.

It's a small trade, the kind that moves quietly in the offseason noise. But for Wallace, it's the difference between starting over and starting over somewhere that wants him. The Dolphins get a chance at depth on the offensive line; Wallace gets a second read from a team that chose to invest in him rather than cut him loose.

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