ANN ARBOR -- It took Jordan Kovacs two walk-on tryouts to make the Michigan football team.

Now he has another tryout. This one to make an NFL club.

The former Michigan safety told MLive.com he has agreed to sign a free-agent deal with the Miami Dolphins. That lands him in the Dolphins' rookie camp and will give him a shot to make the team.

It gives him the shot he so badly wanted before the draft.

"That’s my advantage -- I’ve been through this before," Kovacs said recently. "I wasn’t born with a silver spoon, so to say, at the University of Michigan. Far from it, to be honest with ya. I had to walk-on twice. I had to basically convince the coaches to take me, and just had to be stubborn about it.

"It’ll be interesting to see how the guys that never really had to work to be on a roster, how it plays along for them, because I’m confident in what I had to do to make it at Michigan, and I’m confident I can do it again in the NFL."

Kovacs was a four-year starter at Michigan, a team captain in 2012 and was voted by teammates as the Wolverines' MVP.

He was a three-time all-Big Ten safety, and helped Michigan allow the fewest 20-yard plays last year.

Kovacs was among a flurry of former Michigan players to agree to deals shortly after the draft. Among them: Defensive lineman Craig Roh (Panthers), receiver Roy Roundtree (Bengals), offensive lineman Elliott Mealer (Saints), offensive lineman Patrick Omameh (49ers), linebacker Kenny Demens (Texans) and offensive lineman Ricky Barnum (Redskins).

Michigan also had two players drafted: tailback Denard Robinson went to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round and offensive lineman Will Campbell went to the Jets in the sixth round.

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