When Tua Tagovailoa missed six games during the 2024 season, the Miami Dolphins offense struggled without the NFL team’s No. 1 quarterback.

Miami won two of the games without the former Alabama All-American, but didn’t score more than 20 points in any of them.

The Dolphins used Snoop Huntley, Skylar Thompson and Tim Boyle in Tagovailoa’s place, but the former Alabama All-American will have a new backup in 2025.

Miami has reached an agreement with quarterback Zach Wilson on a one-year, $6 million contract, the Miami Herald, NFL Network and ESPN reported on Monday.

Wilson’s current contract expires at 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday, when he will be able to sign with the Dolphins. Players with expiring contracts were able to being negotiating with other NFL teams on Monday.

Wilson was the second player picked in the 2021 NFL Draft, but he did not play during the 2024 season as the Denver Broncos went with Bo Nix as their starting quarterback and Jarrett Stidham as his backup.

The Broncos re-signed Stidham to a two-year contract extension on Monday.

The Broncos acquired Wilson and a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft from the New York Jets for a sixth-round 2024 draft pick on April 22, 2024.

In his first three seasons with the Jets, Wilson started 33 games. He completed 566-of-993 passes for 6,293 yards with 23 touchdowns and 25 interceptions and ran for 498 yards and five touchdowns on 93 carries with New York.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.