Largely because of 12 seasons spent with the Minnesota Vikings, Cris Carter is 13th in NFL history with 13,899 receiving yards. Let's just say that when the eight-time Pro-Bowler was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013, there weren't a lot of highlights of his time in Miami.
After the 2001 season, Carter began a career as an analyst with HBO, only to join Dave Wannstedt's Dolphins in late October. With Jay Fielder and Ray Lucas throwing him the ball, Carter caught eight passes for 66 yards in five games with the Dolphins. Playing in the NFL at all when you're 37 is impressive, but Carter's age-37 season didn't accomplish much more than securing him just over half a million dollars.
Still, Carter is a notable enough player that it's hard to entirely forget that the two-time All-Pro finished his career in Miami. That said, we're willing to bet that you didn't remember that these five notable players spent time with the Dolphins:
Thurman Thomas
Thurman Thomas finished his career with the Dolphins.
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For 12 seasons, the Dolphins had to watch Thomas put together a Hall of Fame career as a member of the division-rival Buffalo Bills. Nine seasons after Thomas ran for 1,407 yards and won the NFL MVP, he attempted to extend his career by joining the Dolphins. Unfortunately for Thomas, 2000 would prove to be the final season of his career, as he ran for 136 yards on 28 carries in nine games.
Kevin Curtis
Kevin Curtis finished his career in Miami.
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Outside of Terrell Owens and a young DeSean Jackson, Donovan McNabb never had especially notable options to throw the ball to in Philadelphia. However, after signing a free-agent contract following four seasons with the St. Louis Rams, Curtis had an excellent first season in Philadelphia. In the 2007 season, the 6-foot, 186-pound wideout caught 77 passes for 1,110 yards with the Eagles. That season proved to be the peak of Curtis' career, as he played in just 12 of a possible 32 games between the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Amazingly, Curtis fought through a bout with testicular cancer and made it back to the NFL late in the 2010 season. Curtis played in two games for the Dolphins that year, catching one pass for six yards.
Steve Slaton
Steve Slaton finished his NFL career with the Dolphins.
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Rich Rodriguez's mid-2000s West Virginia teams, led by Pat White and Steve Slaton, were among the most fun college programs in recent memory. After he ran for 3,923 yards and 50 touchdowns during three seasons at West Virginia, Slaton was selected in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans. While his rookie season was excellent - he ran for 1,282 yards and had 50 receptions - but lost carries over the next few seasons as Arian Foster emerged as a superstar. In 2011, the final season of his rookie deal, Slaton was waived by the Texans in late September and claimed by the Dolphins. Slaton ran for 64 yards on 17 carries in three games as a Dolphin. He'd never play in a regular season NFL game again.
Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson had a very brief stint with the Dolphins.
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Quite simply, Dick Vermeil and Herm Edwards ran Johnson into the ground in the mid-2000s. Between 2005 and 2006, the former first-round pick carried the ball a staggering 752 times. He ran for north of 1,700 yards in both seasons, but never topped 1,000 again after that, becoming a lesson in how not to manage a running back's workload. After stints in Cincinnati and Washington, Johnson initially was released by the Dolphins at the end of training camp in 2011. The Dolphins did end up bringing Johnson back for a 23-13 loss to the Texans in Week 2, one where he only received one carry. That was the only game Johnson spent with the Dolphins, and the second release from Miami put an end to his nine-year NFL career.
Knowshon Moreno
Knowshon Moreno spent a season with the Dolphins.
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Perhaps most famous for crying as the National Anthem played ahead of a 2013 game with the Broncos, Moreno did rush for 1,038 yards and 10 touchdowns in his fifth and final season in Denver. That said, 3,468 yards in five seasons with the team that made him the No. 12 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft was a disappointing output following an electric collegiate career at Georgia. Moreno inked a one-year/$6 million deal with the Dolphins after becoming a free agent. While Moreno rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown in Week 1 of the 2014 season, his season in Miami was ruined by injuries, the most notable of which was a torn ACL that he suffered in mid-October. Moreno never got another opportunity in the NFL.
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