Every year, stars emerge from all over the NFL Draft.

Two of the best quarterbacks in recent history were No. 1 overall pick Peyton Manning and sixth-rounder Tom Brady. Shannon Sharpe, Ken Houston and Richard Dent all went in the seventh round or later. Of the Dolphins’ nine Hall of Famers, just four were first-round picks.

More recently, last year’s offensive rookie of the year was Dak Prescott, who went in Round 4. Miami found 2016 Pro Bowlers Jarvis Landry and Jay Ajayi in the second and fifth rounds, respectively. With the Combine coming up and the Dolphins zeroed in on the draft, here’s a look at their smartest pick from every round:

First: Dan Marino, QB, 1983

While this seems obvious in hindsight, getting Marino at No. 27 was one of the best value picks in NFL history. He put up more yards and touchdowns than any quarterback in his class, including the five chosen ahead of him, and was an automatic Hall of Famer. The Patriots took Tony Eason at 15th, and the Jets chose Ken O’Brien three picks ahead of Miami.

Second: Dwight Stephenson, C, 1980

One of the all-time great offensive linemen, Stephenson slipped to the Dolphins at 48th overall and gave them much-needed stability up front. He closed his career with five straight Pro Bowl appearances and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998. There were only three Hall of Famers in that draft class, and the other two were top-18 picks.

Third: Jason Taylor, DE, 1997

Fresh off his Hall of Fame election, Taylor spoke last of week of being fighting just to land a spot on the kickoff coverage unit when he arrived with the Dolphins. "That’s how desperate I was," he said. "They don’t usually cut third-rounders, but Jimmy Johnson would." Taylor, the 73rd selection that year, retired sixth all-time sacks at 139.5; none of the defensive ends picked ahead of him had more than 50.

Fourth: Joe Theismann, QB, 1971

It’s easy to forget that the Dolphins were the ones who drafted Theismann because he never played for them. They took him 99th overall, but never agreed to terms. Miami later dealt his rights to Washington for a first-round pick in the 1976 draft. After a stint in the CFL, Theismann went on to win the 1983 MVP and beat the Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII.

Fifth: Zach Thomas, LB, 1996

Thomas came in the year before Taylor and the two became one of the best defensive duos of their era. In part because of Thomas’ relatively small stature at 5-foot-11, 18 linebackers were picked before Miami chose him 154th overall. Thirteen of those players failed to make it more than three years as full-time starters, including the Dolphins’ fourth-rounder, LaCurtis Jones. The only player in the ’96 class to outdo Thomas’ five all-pro selections was Ray Lewis.

Sixth: Ed Newman, G, 1973

The Dolphins got Newman at pick No. 156, and he played guard for them for 12 years. He made the Pro Bowl every year from 1981 through ’84, and only three of linemen (at any position) drafted in front of him had more. He was part of Miami’s championship team as a rookie and played in two other Super Bowls. Doug Betters, a sixth-round pick in 1978, was another good candidate for this spot.

Seventh: Jake Scott, S, 1970

Scott lasted until Miami took him with the third pick of the seventh round, No. 159 overall. For context, that selection would fall in the middle of the fifth round nowadays. Nonetheless, he was easily the most successful of the Dolphins’ 15-man draft class that season. Scott’s 49 career interceptions mark the second-highest total of any player taken that year.

Eighth: Mark Clayton, WR, 1983

Here’s a bonus late-rounder. While the modern draft goes seven rounds with the final pick usually being somewhere around No. 250, it used to go on forever. In ’83, the same year Marino came aboard, the Dolphins stole Clayton in the eighth round at 223rd overall. He was first in his draft class in touchdown catches (84) and second in his draft class in receptions (582) and yards (8,974). He cracked 1,000 yards five times, was a five-time Pro Bowler and ranks first or second in franchise history in the major receiving categories.