Jake Scott, an All-Pro safety on the Dolphins’ championship teams and MVP of the Super Bowl that capped the 17-0 season in 1972, has died.

The list also highlights the Dolphins' ability to find talent in later rounds, such as Mark Clayton in the eighth round and Jake Scott in the seventh.

We list the greatest Miami Dolphins players ever, from standouts on the undefeated 1972 team to stars of the 1980s and beyond.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins are still ‘sitting on top of the mountain,’ 50 years after the NFL's only perfect season.

Miami Dolphins fans tell us how they would build the all-time best defense from the team’s former and/or current players.

Fourteen Dolphins selections were recently named by ESPN as the best NFL draft picks ever taken at their respective NFL draft ...

The Dolphins all but clinched that Super Bowl VII midway through the fourth quarter after Washington drove to the MIami 10-yard line before Jake Scott came up with his second interception, this ...

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Dolphins’ Perfect Season, The Miami Herald is running weekly conversations with members of the 1972 team that went 17-0.

The breakdown of 13 with the Dolphins Yeah, no debate here. And it's not as though Jake Scott wasn't a great player because he actually was pretty close to awesome.

The Miami Dolphins had one of the most historic seasons in the NFL in 1972. The high-flying team completed the only perfect season in the league's history.

The breakdown of 13 with the Dolphins Yeah, no debate here. And it's not as though Jake Scott wasn't a great player because he actually was pretty close to awesome.