In March, Miami Dolphins linebacker Koa Misi agreed to a restructured contract to remain with the team. Now after offseason neck surgery, he is still waiting to be cleared.

The Miami Herald reported Saturday that Misi has still not been cleared by doctors to return to football activities. The Miami Herald also reported that Misi saw a doctor in the past two weeks and plans to see one again before the start of training camp.

“I don’t know,” Dolphins head coach Adam Gase said last month. “We’re not there yet. When you see him start running around or something, then I’d say we’re close.”

Gase and the Dolphins organization have been optimistic about Misi playing in 2017. That’s why the team decided to restructure his contract from $4.1 million to around $2 million.

“He wants to be here,” Gase said at the annual league meetings in March. “He wants to have a chance to compete with the guys that we have right now on our roster. I think the thing that we did do last year that was probably not the best thing was we had specific packages for him that we worked on. He gets injured (and) we spent a lot of time on those things that really he only could do. We just have to make sure we do a good job of using our time wisely. If he’s healthy and he’s able to contribute for us, it’s a big plus for us because he is a good player.”

Miami drafted linebacker Raekwon McMillan in the second round of this year’s draft. If Misi isn’t cleared in time for training camp, expect McMillan to play a lot more than coaches might have anticipated when they drafted him.