Before the 2013 season, the Dolphins acquired Philip Wheeler from which team?

Before the 2013 season, the Miami Dolphins acquired linebacker Philip Wheeler from the Oakland Raiders.

Wheeler joined Miami as an unrestricted free agent on March 12, 2013, signing a five-year contract reportedly worth $26 million, including $13 million guaranteed. Because he was a free agent, the Dolphins did not trade draft picks or players to Oakland; “acquired from” refers to the team he had most recently played for.

Wheeler had spent the 2012 season with the Raiders, who had signed him after four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Miami added him alongside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe during a major 2013 defensive reshaping. Wheeler started 29 games for the Dolphins across two seasons before being released in 2015. A common mix-up is confusing his signing with a trade, but Oakland is still the canonical answer because it was his previous NFL team.