Leonte Carroo believes he is the best wide receiver in this year's NFL Draft class. The former Rutgers star will get the chance to back up his claim, as he was picked by the Miami Dophins in the third round of the draft on Friday night.

Carroo was the No. 86 overall pick and the ninth wide receiver selected in the draft.

Carroo took a pre-draft visit to Miami. The Dolphins traded a sixth round pick in this year's draft and a third and a fourth round pick in the 2017 draft to the Vikings in order to move up to get Carroo.

The Dolphins' depth chart appears favorable for early playing time. Jarvis Landry (110 catches for 1,157 yards and four touchdowns last season) is Miami's No. 1 option, but no other wide receiver had more than 27 catches last season.

Carroo set the Rutgers' career record with 29 touchdown catches. The 6-foot, 211-pound Edison, N.J., was an incredible scoring threat, averaging a touchdown every 4.2 catches during his career. The big-play threat averaged 19.5 yards per catch during his career.

Carroo's senior season was marred by off-field issues and injury. But when he played, he produced. Limited to just eight games by two suspensions and a high ankle sprain, Carroo finished the season with 39 catches for 809 yards and 10 touchdowns. He scored three touchdowns in three different games, most notably in a 31-24 loss to Big Ten champion Michigan State.

Elected a team captain as a senior, the outgoing Carroo had a clean record in his first three years at Rutgers. But he was suspended for the first half of the season opener for violating curfew during training camp and then he was arrested on a simple assault under domestic violence charge for his involvement in an altercation after a game on Sept. 12.

Carroo was suspended indefinitely after the arrest. He maintained that he was only intervening in an altercation involving a former romantic interest and his current girlfriend and mother. The charge was dismissed on Oct. 6 and Carroo was immediately reinstated to the team after missing two games.

Carroo had six touchdowns in the next two games, but he suffered a high ankle sprain while making a TD grab against Indiana on Oct. 17. He tried to play the next week against Ohio State, but he was shut down at halftime and missed the next two games. He returned for the final three games, finishing his career with seven catches for 183 yards and a touchdown against Maryland in the season finale.

The ankle injury plagued Carroo throughout the pre-draft process. He got off to a strong start in Senior Bowl practices in January, but his week was cut short when he reaggravated the injury. He was a limited participant at the NFL Scouting Combine in February and he sat out Rutgers' pro day in on March 9.

Carroo ran routes in front of representatives from more than 20 teams during a private workout at Rutgers on March 31. He received full clearance when his ankle was examined at the Combine medical recheck in mid-April.

Carroo said he addressed his arrest with every NFL team during the pre-draft process.

"They were actually shocked that I ended up missing two games pretty much for nothing," Carroo said of the response from teams at the Senior Bowl.

Carroo broke out during his junior season, catching 55 passes for 1,086 yards and 10 touchdowns to lead Rutgers to a surprising 8-5 record in its inaugural Big Ten season. Named a first-team All Big Ten selection by the media, Carroo considered leaving early for the NFL Draft, but he announced after the team's bowl game that he would return for his senior season to refine his route-running.

A four-star recruit out of New Jersey powerhouse Don Bosco Prep, Carroo played exclusively on special teams as a true freshman in 2012. As a sophomore, he had 28 catches for 478 yards and nine touchdowns, but missed the final three games due to a concussion.

Carroo is slated to earn approximately $3.163 million on a four-year contract with a $700,000 signing bonus, according to spotrac.com.

Carroo is the 58th player in Rutgers history to be picked in the NFL Draft.

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