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Outside the Numbers

What Dolphins build when the pads come off: restaurants and hospitality empires, foundations that changed medicine, boardrooms, broadcast booths, and even a judge's bench. Ventures compiled from public reporting.

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ventures & second acts

Kim Bokamper

LB/DE, 1977–1985

Bokamper's Sports Bar & Grill

The Killer B's stalwart built one of South Florida's best-known sports-bar brands, with multiple Bokamper's locations across Broward and Naples.

Restaurants & Hospitality

Bob Baumhower

NT, 1977–1986

Baumhower's Victory Grille / Aloha Hospitality

The five-time Pro Bowl nose tackle became one of Alabama's most successful restaurateurs — his Aloha Hospitality group grew from a single wings joint into the statewide Baumhower's Victory Grille chain.

Restaurants & Hospitality

John Offerdahl

LB, 1986–1993

Offerdahl's Café Grill · Gridiron Grill-Off

The five-time Pro Bowl linebacker founded a South Florida bagel-and-café brand (Offerdahl's) and hosts the annual Gridiron Grill-Off food festival benefiting his family foundation.

Restaurants & Hospitality

Jimmy Cefalo

WR, 1978–1984

Cefalo's Wine Cellar · Dolphins radio voice

Ran a beloved Coral Gables wine bar and spent decades in Miami media, including as the Dolphins' longtime radio play-by-play voice.

Restaurants & Hospitality

Dan Marino

QB, 1983–1999

Dan Marino Foundation · Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza

Founded the Dan Marino Foundation in 1992 after son Michael's autism diagnosis — it has raised tens of millions for developmental-disability programs, including Marino Campus schools. Also an early investor-partner in the Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza chain and past namesake restaurants.

Foundations & Charity

Nick Buoniconti

LB, 1969–1976

The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis / Buoniconti Fund

After son Marc's paralysis in 1985, the Hall of Fame linebacker co-founded the Miami Project — the world's largest spinal-cord-injury research center — and its Buoniconti Fund, which has raised over half a billion dollars. Earlier, he was president of US Tobacco: a rare player-turned-Fortune-level executive.

Foundations & Charity

Jason Taylor

DE, 1997–2011

Jason Taylor Foundation

His foundation has served South Florida youth for two decades — reading rooms in Title I schools, the Bluapple Poetry Network, and holiday programs — earning Taylor the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award in 2007.

Foundations & Charity

Nat Moore

WR, 1974–1986

Nat Moore Foundation · Dolphins executive

Four decades of South Florida youth scholarship and education programs through his foundation — while serving as a senior Dolphins executive and alumni ambassador.

Foundations & Charity

O.J. McDuffie

WR, 1993–2000

Catch 81 Foundation

His Catch 81 Foundation has supported South Florida children's causes — including the Boys & Girls Clubs and pediatric care — since his playing days.

Foundations & Charity

Tua Tagovailoa

QB, 2020–2025

Tua Foundation

The Tua Foundation funds youth initiatives, health and wellness, and mental-health awareness programs in both Hawai'i and South Florida.

Foundations & Charity

Tyreek Hill

WR, 2022–2025

Tyreek Hill Family Foundation

Youth football camps, back-to-school drives, and family-assistance programs across South Florida and his native Georgia during his record-setting Miami run.

Foundations & Charity

Alec Ingold

FB, 2022–2024

AI31 Foundation · children's author

Adopted as a child, the fullback became the NFL's leading foster-care and adoption advocate, publishing a children's book and earning multiple Walter Payton Man of the Year nominations in Miami.

Foundations & Charity

Brandon Marshall

WR, 2010–2011

Project 375 · I AM ATHLETE

Co-founded the mental-health nonprofit Project 375 after going public with his borderline personality disorder diagnosis while a Dolphin, then built the I AM ATHLETE media platform.

Media & Broadcasting

Bob Griese

QB, 1967–1980

Judi's House · ABC/ESPN broadcasting

The Hall of Fame QB spent two decades as a top college football broadcaster and supports Judi's House — the grief-support center son Brian founded in honor of Bob's late wife, Judi.

Foundations & Charity

Garo Yepremian

K, 1970–1978

Necktie design · Garo Yepremian Foundation

The Perfect Season kicker famously designed and sold neckties (an enterprise born from his infamous Super Bowl VII pass), and later founded a foundation supporting brain-tumor research.

Business & Investing

Dwight Stephenson

C, 1980–1987

D. Stephenson Construction

The Hall of Fame center founded D. Stephenson Construction in 1992 — now one of Florida's most prominent Black-owned construction firms, building schools, civic buildings, and community projects.

Business & Investing

Ndamukong Suh

DT, 2015–2017

Venture investing & corporate boards

One of the NFL's most business-minded players: a prolific venture and real-estate investor who has served on corporate boards and hosts business media exploring how athletes build second careers.

Business & Investing

Ricky Williams

RB, 2002–2010

Highsman

Co-founded the cannabis lifestyle brand Highsman in 2021 — a name winking at his Heisman — alongside wellness and astrology ventures that made him one of sport's most distinctive entrepreneurs.

Business & Investing

Jim Mandich

TE, 1970–1977

Construction executive · WQAM radio

'Mad Dog' built a successful South Florida marine-construction business after football while becoming the beloved radio voice of the Dolphins until his passing in 2011.

Business & Investing

Dick Anderson

S, 1968–1977

Insurance executive · Florida State Senator

The 1973 Defensive Player of the Year built a career as a Miami insurance and business executive — and served in the Florida Senate (1978–1982).

Business & Investing

Jay Fiedler

QB, 2000–2004

Sports camps

The Dartmouth-educated QB became a camps entrepreneur after retiring, co-owning and directing youth sports and sleepaway camp programs in the Northeast.

Business & Investing

Channing Crowder

LB, 2005–2010

The Pivot Podcast

Co-hosts The Pivot, one of the most-watched athlete-interview podcasts in the country, after years as a South Florida radio staple.

Media & Broadcasting

Joe Rose

TE, 1980–1985

WQAM 'Joe Rose Show'

Marino's old touchdown target became the soundtrack of Miami sports mornings, hosting South Florida drive-time radio for more than two decades.

Media & Broadcasting

Larry Csonka

FB, 1968–1979

'North to Alaska' outdoor television

The Perfect Season workhorse spent 16 years producing and hosting wilderness television from Alaska, turning a post-football passion into a long-running outdoor media brand.

Media & Broadcasting

Ed Newman

G, 1973–1984

Miami-Dade County Court Judge

The four-time Pro Bowl guard went to law school after football and served roughly three decades on the Miami-Dade County Court bench — perhaps the NFL's most distinguished judicial second act.

Public Service

Earl Morrall

QB, 1972–1976

Mayor of Davie, Florida

The Perfect Season's indispensable relief QB later went into local government, serving as mayor of Davie and mentoring college quarterbacks at the University of Miami.

Public Service

Troy Vincent

CB, 1992–1995

NFL Executive VP of Football Operations

Rose from Dolphins first-rounder to NFLPA president to the league office, where as EVP of Football Operations he oversees the game itself — alongside decades of family-welfare philanthropy.

Public Service

Compiled from public reporting; ventures and affiliations change over time. Know one we're missing? The archive grows with the franchise.