The Miami Dolphins All-Pro punter Jake Bailey ranked in the middle of the pack in punting during the 2024 season. Bailey had 56 punts for 2,639 yards, averaging 47.1 yards per punt, an 8.9% touchback percentage, 39.3% of punts inside the 20-yard line, and a 4.51 second hang time. He ranked 18th in punts, 18th in punt yardage, 17th in yards per punt, tied for 22nd in touchback percentage, tied for 24th in punts inside the 20-yard line, and finished 6th in average hang time.
Bailey enters the final year of his 2-year, $4.2 million contract. He is scheduled to earn a $1.975 million base salary and a $2.525 million dead cap hit.
Earlier today, the Dolphins brought in competition.
Miami Dolphins add All-Pro special teamer for 2025
According to Justin Melo of The Draft Network, the Dolphins signed Ryan Stonehouse to a contract. Stonehouse is on his second team and fourth year in the league after previously spending the first three with the Tennessee Titans.
Former #Titans Punter Ryan Stonehouse is signing with the Miami Dolphins, per source.
2022 NFL punting yards leader & record-breaker quickly finds a new home after the Titans made the peculiar decision to move on.
— Justin M (@JustinM_NFL) March 16, 2025
The former All-Pro had a great start to his career
Ryan Stonehouse had a great start to his NFL career, earning him a Second Team All-Pro selection in 2022, and has averaged 50 yards per punt in each of his first three seasons. Stonehouse had a solid 2024 campaign but took a slight step back in production and struggled with touchbacks, punts inside the 20, and had a poor hang time. He had 73 punts for 3,691 yards, averaging 50.6 yards per punt, a 9.6% touchback percentage, 30.1% of punts inside the 20-yard line, and a 4.12 average hang time.
Stonehouse tied for 7th in punts, 4th in punt yardage, 3rd in yards per punt, 29th in touchback percentage, 34th in punts inside the 20-yard line, and 32nd in hang time. Since his hang time was very poor last season, he finished 34th in net yards per punt, which negatively affected their punt coverage. Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan expressed frustration with the punter’s poor hang time and how it affected their punt coverage.
“Right now it is hurting us,” Titans coach Brian Callahan said in October. “Some of the punts we’ve had, it gets down the field and it goes long down the field, but it doesn’t give us hang up in the air and give us enough time to get down there to cover. Puts us in a tough spot.”
