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2012 POD Mock Draft: Miami Dolphins Select Melvin Ingram

By Sean Yuille
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: Melvin Ingram #6 of the South Carolina Gamecocks celebrates during the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on October 29, 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 29: Melvin Ingram #6 of the South Carolina Gamecocks celebrates during the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on October 29, 2011 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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With the eighth pick of Pride of Detroit's 2012 NFL mock draft, the Miami Dolphins select South Carolina defensive end/linebacker Melvin Ingram. Chucka is serving as the Dolphins' general manager, and his reasoning for the pick is below.

Why reach for a QB when you can get an impact player in the top 10? My pick here is OLB Melvin Ingram (6-2, 264 lbs.). He is the BPA and fills the need of another pass rusher to go along with Cameron Wake. I was hoping Justin Blackmon would fall, and I would have considered David DeCastro with this pick had he been there. Ryan Tannehill was not considered because of Matt Moore and David Garrard and because you can get a developmental QB later in the draft.

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