The Miami Dolphins have elevated Zane Gonzalez to the active roster for Sunday’s game, a straightforward move that gives the team another specialist option for the week.
It is the latest roster update involving the Dolphins, but the key point is simple: Gonzalez is available for Sunday. For a club managing week-to-week roster decisions, that kind of elevation can matter just as much as a longer-term move.
Zane Gonzalez's NFL journey
Gonzalez arrives with a clear professional background. He spent 2013-2016 at Arizona State before Cleveland selected him in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft, 224th overall.
His career has since taken him through Cleveland in 2017-18, Arizona from 2018-20, Carolina in 2021, Washington in 2024, Atlanta in 2025 and Miami in 2026. Across 80 career games and eight seasons, he has made 117 of 145 field-goal attempts for an 80.7 pct. success rate, while connecting on 168 of 176 extra-point tries for 95.5 pct.
That record offers the Dolphins a veteran kicker with a substantial NFL track record. In the end, Sunday’s game is the immediate focus, and Gonzalez has been elevated with that assignment in mind.
