Earlier this week, Elliot Harrison of NFL.com selected one player from each team as a possible MVP candidate for the 2017 season. The player that Harrison chose from the Miami Dolphins was running back Jay Ajayi.

Here is what Harrison had to say about his choice of Ajayi:

“Ajayi would have to enjoy a helluva campaign to be named MVP — but why not. The Dolphins made the playoffs last season despite every member of the offense still learning in the team’s first year in coach Adam Gase’s system. We’ve seen Ajayi be a workhorse of epic proportions against the Steelers (204 yards on 25 carries in Week 6) and Bills (420 yards on 60 carries combined in Weeks and 16). Could he do it over a full season?”

After not cracking the starting lineup until Week 5, Ajayi had a superb season, finishing with 1,272 rushing yards and eight touchdowns. He also added in 27 receptions for 151 yards in 2016. For his efforts, Ajayi was selected to the 2017 Pro Bowl in Orlando, Fla.

During the offseason, Ajayi has been working to improve his pass catching skills. Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill said earlier this week that Ajayi came back from California to work out with him and some of the other receivers on the team.

“He came back and was out there working with us,” Tannehill said. “So I’ve seen him, I think take particular care in his routes and have an effort into each route. I see him run around and he’ll come back and talk to me ‘Hey, what did you think about here?’ If he doesn’t like the way he ran it, he’ll run another one. With running backs a lot of times, those things can get overlooked as far as the details of route running and being that weapon; but I think he wants to expand his role in this offense. We use our backs out of the backfield a lot. I think it’s a big weapon for us and he’s a guy that can do it.”

Ajayi was impressive during OTAs and minicamp. Depending on the Dolphins’ record, it is very much a possibility Ajayi could be an MVP candidate this upcoming season.