Miami acquired defensive end Wes Grant from New York on July…
Miami acquired defensive end Wes Grant from New York on July 24, 1971 for a conditional 1972 third-round draft choice. Grant did not appear in a Dolphins regular-season game and later played for Buffalo and San Diego that season. The completed 1972 draft shows Miami retaining its own third-round selection at No. 77 and New York retaining its own at No. 55, confirming that the contemplated pick was not transferred.
Miami Dolphins Received
- player Wes Grant
New York Giants Received
- pick 1972 third round pick (conditional; not exercised)
Trade Analysis
The legacy record contains the right basic exchange but pads both sides with unsupported undisclosed-consideration fields. Pro Sports Transactions records that Miami acquired defensive end Wes Grant from the Giants on July 24, 1971 for a 1972 third-round draft choice that was not exercised. A later Philadelphia Eagles media guide independently summarizes Grant's path as a July 1971 trade from New York to Miami for a draft choice. There is no source support for extra cash, players or other consideration, so the transaction should be represented only as Grant for the conditional third-round pick.
Grant had not yet produced regular-season value for New York. The Giants had selected him in the fourth round, 97th overall, of the 1970 draft after acquiring that pick from Detroit. Pro Sports Transactions shows Grant placed on injured reserve in September 1970, and the Eagles' later biography says a preseason back injury kept him out for the entire season. By July 1971, New York moved him to Miami rather than continue the development cycle.
Miami received no regular-season production from the acquisition. Pro Football Reference's career log shows Grant playing in 1971 for Buffalo and San Diego, not for the Dolphins. He appeared in three games with one start for Buffalo and two games for San Diego. The Chargers' historical roster record likewise lists him in two games that season. Whatever Miami evaluated during camp, Grant did not become a regular-season Dolphins contributor.
The draft record confirms that New York did not receive the listed third-round choice. In the 1972 draft, the Giants used their own third-round selection at No. 55 on John Mendenhall, while Miami used its own third-round selection at No. 77 on Gary Kosins. The Pro Sports Transactions draft ledger does not attach a Dolphins third-round transfer to the Giants. That is consistent with the transaction database's notation that the Grant pick was not exercised. The reviewed sources do not state the precise condition, so this rebuild does not invent one.
With Grant providing no Miami regular-season games and the conditional third-round choice never transferring to New York, neither franchise realized measurable value from the exchange. C grades and an Even Trade verdict fit the supported outcome. The important correction is structural: Miami received Wes Grant; New York was due a conditional 1972 third-round pick that was not exercised; the duplicate undisclosed-consideration fields should be removed.