Davone Bess Davone Jaquon Bess ( born September 13 , 1985 ) is an American football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League . He was originally signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2008 . He played college football at Hawaii . Early years . Bess attended Skyline High School in Oakland , California and was a student and a letter - man in football , basketball , and baseball . In football , he was a first team All - City wide receiver as a junior . As a senior , he led his team to the League Championship and was a second team All - City quarterback . Davone Bess graduated from Skyline High School in 2003 . Bess grew up five minutes away from the Oakland Coliseum as an avid Oakland Raiders fan and even played a high school playoff game for Skyline High during his senior year at the Coliseum . His favorite player was Tim Brown . Bess has stated that " sports pretty much kept me busy , kept me out of trouble , kept me off the streets . " Largely raised by a single mom , Bess was the first person in his family to attend college and the first on his father ' s side to attend high school . Bess said of his father : " My dad pretty much wasn ' t there . If anyone was there it was my brother ' s dad , but not really because he was a big time drug dealer . He was in and out of jail himself and going back and forth so he wasn ' t a reliable source . " At the age of 10 , Bess witnessed the murder of his uncle at a birthday party . College career . Oregon State University . Bess lost his scholarship to Oregon State when he was sentenced to about 21 months in Byron boys ranch juvenile facility after allowing a friend to put stolen items in his car . During his time in the juvenile facility , Bess played in a seven man flag football team created by the facility . His high school coach contacted a former player who was a Graduate Assistant at the University of Hawaii and passed on video of Bess to coach June Jones who then gave Bess an opportunity . University of Hawaii . Davone Bess joined Hawaii in 2005 and quickly gained a starting spot at wide receiver . As a freshman , Bess caught 89 passes for 1 , 124 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns . Selected WAC first team and WAC Freshman of the Year . As a sophomore , caught 96 passes for 1 , 220 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns . Named WAC first team . In his junior year , he finished with 108 catches for 1266 yards with 12 TDs . During his time at Hawaii , Bess was named to the Associated Press ' 2007 All - America third team ; the Sporting News , Football Writers Association of America , and Rivals . com ' s 2005 Freshman All - American team ; and was named to the All - WAC first team in 2005 , 2006 , and 2007 . Professional career . Miami Dolphins . Despite going undrafted , Bess earned a spot on the Miami Dolphins active roster during the 2008 NFL season . He managed to catch his first NFL touchdown in Week 7 against the Baltimore Ravens . He worked primarily as a slot receiver until starter Greg Camarillo was injured . Bess assumed starting duties beginning in week 13 against the St . Louis Rams , and became a reliable target for quarterback Chad Pennington . Bess finished the regular season third among NFL rookies in receptions ( 54 ) behind two second - rounders — Denver ' s Eddie Royal ( 91 ) and Philadelphia ' s DeSean Jackson ( 62 ) . His 54 season receptions is the second most in NFL history for an undrafted rookie ( behind only Wayne Chrebet , who had 66 catches in 1995 ) .