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It's another textbook move, the type of signing that has become the defining way in which vice president of football operations Bill Parcells tries to turn around teams.
Whether or not Canadian Football League sackmaster Cameron Wake will make a successful transition into the NFL remains to be seen, but the Dolphins are the team wanting anxiously to give him his shot.
Wake, 25, a two-time CFL defensive player of the year with 39 sacks over the past two seasons, signed a four-year deal that includes nearly $1 million in guarantees. The overall deal is worth nearly $3.6 million.
Make no mistake: Miami isn't treating Wake as an experimental project -- but instead as a prospect it believes will be an impact player as a pass-rushing linebacker in the NFL. Wake will now have the chance to learn under current linebacker Joey Porter.
Wake is 6-3, 240 pounds, the type of big-bodied, workout junkie that Parcells and general manager Jeff Ireland crave. He played his two seasons in the CFL with the British Columbia Lions.
The Dolphins also signed one of Wake's college teammates from Penn State on Monday. Safety Ethan Kilmer, who has played with the Bengals for the past three seasons, also agreed to a free-agent contract, the team announced.
Kilmer is viewed as a special-teams prospect. But he also did make an impact on defense for the Bengals this season when he returned an interception (thrown by Drew Brees) 52 yards for a touchdown.
Kilmer and Wake played together at Penn State on the same defense in 2004.
Whether or not Canadian Football League sackmaster Cameron Wake will make a successful transition into the NFL remains to be seen, but the Dolphins are the team wanting anxiously to give him his shot.
Wake, 25, a two-time CFL defensive player of the year with 39 sacks over the past two seasons, signed a four-year deal that includes nearly $1 million in guarantees. The overall deal is worth nearly $3.6 million.
Make no mistake: Miami isn't treating Wake as an experimental project -- but instead as a prospect it believes will be an impact player as a pass-rushing linebacker in the NFL. Wake will now have the chance to learn under current linebacker Joey Porter.
Wake is 6-3, 240 pounds, the type of big-bodied, workout junkie that Parcells and general manager Jeff Ireland crave. He played his two seasons in the CFL with the British Columbia Lions.
The Dolphins also signed one of Wake's college teammates from Penn State on Monday. Safety Ethan Kilmer, who has played with the Bengals for the past three seasons, also agreed to a free-agent contract, the team announced.
Kilmer is viewed as a special-teams prospect. But he also did make an impact on defense for the Bengals this season when he returned an interception (thrown by Drew Brees) 52 yards for a touchdown.
Kilmer and Wake played together at Penn State on the same defense in 2004.
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