With the draft now in the books, the Dolphins are among the teams undergoing changes in their front office. The most notable departure has come in the form of new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan‘s predecessor.
Miami has parted ways with Champ Kelly, CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones reports. Kelly held the title of senior personnel executive but also served as the Dolphins’ interim GM after Chris Grier‘s in-season dismissal. Miami was one of the teams in need of a new general manager during the 2026 hiring cycle, something which ultimately resulted in Sullivan’s hire and consultant Troy Aikman securing a semi-permanent role in the organization.
When the Dolphins narrowed their GM candidates list to four, Kelly was still in the running. He had just joined the team near the start of the prior league year after three-year tenure in Las Vegas that started with his first opportunity in an assistant general manager role before moving him into an interim role in place of fired Raiders general manager Dave Ziegler. The former Broncos and Bears staffer’s knowledge of both college and pro scouting helped him quickly climb up to even be in position for multiple interim GM opportunities.
Joining Kelly in departure are pro scouts J.P. Correia and Andy Howell. Correia came out of the UMass front office in 2017, serving a short pro personnel internship with the Giants before joining the Dolphins as a scouting assistant. Corriea worked as a player personnel scout for the next three years before spent the past four seasons in his most recent role.
Howell started as a scouting assistant with the Browns in 2012, spent two years going from pro personnel intern to assistant with the Jets, and spent a season as the director of player personnel/recruiting coordinator at Western Michigan before joining the Dolphins in 2016. He only spent one season as a player personnel scout before moving in a the pro scout position for the past eight seasons.
Ely Allen contributed to this post.