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Per the Sun-Sentinel, they did:
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It's no secret the Miami Dolphins needed cornerbacks. The father of Connecticut cornerback Darius Butler believed the Dolphins were ready to pick his son, but when pick No. 25 arrived the Dolphins chose another defensive back, Illinois' Vontae Davis.
"The Dolphins gave him a promise that they'll take him if he's around at [the 25th pick]," Mitchell Butler III said hours before the draft started on Saturday, adding that Darius Butler had received that promise from Dolphins brass.
But getting the opportunity to play the Dolphins twice a season makes Butler want to prove that they were wrong.
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