The Miami Dolphins announced their signing QB Tim Boyle to the active roster from their practice squad and placed a long snapper Blake Ferguson on the reserve/non-football illness list. The team also signed long snapper Matt Overton to the practice team.

The team also improved Overton and cornerback Nick Needham to the active squad for Sunday’s game.

Boyle has played in 21 games in his career, including five starts with Green Bay (2019-20), Detroit (2021), Chicago (2022), the NY Jets (2023) and Miami (2024). He appeared as the reserve quarterback in Miami’s Week 3 loss to Seattle this season, completing 7 of 13 passes for 79 yards. Boyle has completed 121 of 196 passes (62.3 percent) for 1,013 yards with four touchdowns and 12 interceptions in his career. He originally entered the league in 2018 as an undrafted college free agent with Green Bay. Boyle finished his college career at Eastern Kentucky, where he started all 11 games in 2017 and completed 201 of 327 passes for 2,134 yards with 11 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He transferred to EKU in 2016 from the University of Connecticut, where he played three seasons (2013-15).

Ferguson Played in 72 career games for the Dolphins in five seasons (2020-24), totaling eight special teams tackles (four solo) and one special teams fumble recovery. He also participated in two postseason contests with Miami. Ferguson is a three-time Salute to Service Award nominee (2021, 2022, 2023). He entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick (185th overall) from Miami in the 2020 NFL Draft. Ferguson played college at LSU, where he became the first long snapper in program history to be named a permanent team captain.

Needham played in 62 games with 27 starts in six seasons for Miami (2019-24). He has totaled 199 tackles (144 solo), 3.0 sacks, six interceptions, 25 passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery in his career. He also had an interception return for a touchdown and played in a playoff game. He played in Miami’s Week 5 win over New England this season and contributed one of the team’s special tackles. Needham originally entered the NFL on May 9, 2019 as an undrafted college free agent with Miami. He played in college at UTEP.

Overton played 139 games in 10 seasons with Indianapolis (2012-16), Jacksonville (2017-18), Tennessee (2020), LA Chargers (2021) and Dallas (2022), totaling 17 special teams tackles (nine solo). He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2013 and has played in nine postseason games with Indianapolis (2012-14), Tennessee (2020) and Dallas (2022). Overton entered the NFL in 2007 as an undrafted free agent with Seattle, where he spent training camp. He spent time with the Tri-Cities Fever (2008) of the National Indoor Football League and the Florida Tuskers (2009) and Omaha Nighthawks (2010) of the United Football League. Overton played collegiately at Western Washington (2005-06), where he was a team captain and a two-year starter at defensive end and long snapper. He attended Diablo Valley College (2003-04) before transferring to Western Washington.