NFL Trade Rumors: Laremy Tunsil Offers Turned Down By Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins have reportedly turned down trade offers for offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil ahead of the 2019 NFL season.

Barry Jackson and Adam Beasley of the Miami Herald reported Saturday the Dolphins have informed Tunsil's camp there's "no truth" to rumors they are shopping the lineman.

Miami selected the Ole Miss product with the 13th overall pick in the 2016 draft. He's proceeded to start 44 of a possible 48 regular-season games across his first three NFL seasons.

The Dolphins are widely expected to endure a rebuilding year in 2019—ESPN's Football Power Index ranked them as the NFL's worst team heading into the campaign—which as led to speculation about trades of veteran players for future assets.

Tunsil said Wednesday the team is motivated the prove the doubters wrong.

"A big year? Yeah. [We've got to] keep improving," he told reporters. "Not just me, just the whole team. We're underdogs. We want to prove some people wrong."

The 25-year-old Florida native would likely generate ample interest if the Dolphins did make him available on the trade market. He's a proven starter-level talent and he's under contract through the 2020 season after Miami exercised the fifth-year option in his rookie deal.

For now, the team is treating him more like a building block than a trade chip, though.