Miami Dolphins agree to trade WR Jakeem Grant to Chicago Bears for 23 pick

MIAMI – The Dolphins have agreed to trade wide receiver Jakeem Grant for the Chicago Bears, a league source confirmed to ESPN.

NFL Network first reported the news and the compensation as a sixth-round pick in 2023.

Grant, the Dolphins’ main returner since they drafted him in the sixth round in 2016, is one of the best special teams players in the NFL with five return touchdowns in his career; he ranks 11th among active players in non-offensive touchdowns. He was voted a member of the All-Pro second team last season, a year after signing a four-year, $ 19.7 million extension in 2019.

For his career, Grant has 978 yards on punt return and 2,206 yards on punt return.

However, he had a slow start to the season, missing a punt in Miami’s loss to the Colts in Week 4 and groping deep in the red zone in the team’s loss to the Bills in week 2.

Grant’s replacement as the Dolphins’ main return will likely be rookie Jaylen Waddle, who handled the punt return duties when Grant was injured in Week 2.