Myles Gaskin is the type of player I respect the most in the NFL because nothing he’s acquired has been gifted to him.
Everything the Miami Dolphins’ third-year tailback has, he’s earned, and that is rare in the NFL because a player’s draft status, the contract given, or who drafted or signed them has influence far too often on where a player starter and resides on the depth chart.
Gaskin, a 2019 seventh-round pick, earned Miami’s starting tailback job the hard way, by outperforming a former Pro Bowler (Jordan Howard), and one of the NFL’s fastest players (Matt Breida) during training camp last year.