Jevon Holland Suggests He Won't Return to Dolphins in NFL FA, Cites Social Media Posts

Miami Dolphins safety Jevon Holland, an impending free agent, appears resigned to playing elsewhere in 2025 and beyond per comments made on Breakin’ House Rules podcast (h/t Adam Stites of Dolphins Wire).

“Transparently, seeing the Dolphins post things like the Valentine’s Day stuff or like any kind of edit and things like that. You can see guys that may not be here next year or may be somewhere else are just not in it,” Holland said.

“I’m following them on Instagram, right? And I’m not in none of this [expletive] no more. I’m like, 'OK, they’ve kinda moved on.'

"I get it. I understand the decision to do that because I would do the same if I was in the same position. But from my perspective, I’m just watching it like — I get it, but like, OK, this is the effects of being a free agent. Your team, or what was your team, starts to phase you out, in a way.”

As Stites noted, the Dolphins recently shared a Valentine’s Day Instagram post featuring 12 different players, including Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle and Jalen Ramsey. Holland, who was a team captain in 2022 and 2023, was not among them.

Per Stites, 11 of the 12 players were under contract for 2025, with the exception of Calais Campbell, who could be retiring after 17 seasons.

Holland should be getting paid handsomely in free agency, and the 8-9 Dolphins, who at the moment have just $1,562,955 in cap space (27th in the NFL), per Over the Cap, may just not have the room to keep him.

Holland, who will be 25 next season, is ranked third on Pro Football Focus’ list of the top 2025 free agents.

"A second-round draft pick out of Oregon in 2021, Holland has ranked as one of the five highest-graded safeties in two of his first three seasons in the league," PFF wrote.

"He earned a career-low 63.0 PFF overall grade in 2024, but his body of work more than speaks for itself."

Plus, Miami needs resources to shore up other areas of this team, with the offensive line arguably chief among them to help keep Tagovailoa healthy and upright.

Ultimately, signs are pointing to Holland playing elsewhere next season, but he served his team well on his rookie contract and should be getting a nice second deal as a veteran shortly.