When the Miami Dolphins agreed to a three-year deal with Cedrick Wilson Jr. on the first day of the legal tampering period, many considered the move to be an interesting one.
Wilson, during his time with the Dallas Cowboys, was essentially their fourth wide receiver with Amari Cooper, Ceedee Lamb and Michael Gallup all ahead of him on the depth chart. However, when he got more opportunities, he made some plays.
Dak Prescott, his quarterback in Dallas, had nothing back positive things to say about him last season.
“He’s a great receiver, and he’s gonna be a great receiver for a long time,” Prescott said. “He’s probably one of our best-prepared receivers. He was once a QB so he kinda sees the game from that perspective as well.”
And, if the praise of one of the better quarterbacks in the league wasn’t enough, his former head coach, Mike McCarthy, also had compliments for him earlier this offseason
“I mean Cedrick, I’ve been with him two years, and I know he was someone that has taken some big jumps in his early years,” McCarthy said. “Love him as a player, love him as a person; extremely professional. With his father playing in the league, I think there is just a steady, calm confidence about him.
“There’s nothing that you can ask Ced to do that he [doesn’t] just step right in [and do]. He’s just an instinctive, aware, natural football player, obviously offensively. But he does a lot of the little things for us on special teams, too.”
These are probably some of the same things that general manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel saw in Wilson that made him an attractive target for them. Now, the latter will just have to get him on the field and figure out the best way to use him.