Former Auburn standout Noah Igbinoghene has been traded by the Miami Dolphins to the Dallas Cowboys in a swap of cornerbacks who didn’t pan out as expected.

The Dolphins dealt Igbinoghene to Dallas in exchange for Kelvin Joseph.

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Igbinoghene joined Miami as the 30th player picked in the 2020 NFL Draft and has five career starts. Joseph joined the Cowboys as the 44th player picked in the 2021 NFL Draft and has three career starts.

Dallas has a pair of former All-Pro cornerbacks set to start the 2023 season with former Alabama standout Trevon Diggs and Stephon Gilmore.

Coming to Auburn from Hewitt-Trussville High School as a wide receiver, Igbinoghene made the switch to the secondary during spring practice in 2018 after one college season as a pass-catcher.

After Igbinoghene’s two seasons in the Tigers’ secondary, Miami made him a surprise first-round selection.

In Igbinoghene’s rookie season, cornerback Byron Jones went down four snaps into the second game, and he missed the third and fourth games.

In his second NFL game, Igbinoghene got matched against Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs, who took a step toward earning first-team All-Pro recognition for the 2020 season with a 153-yard performance. Igbinoghene’s rookie roller coaster also saw him take the blame for a coverage bust on a key play in a 31-23 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Game 4 after going all the way in the Miami secondary and breaking up a pass in a 31-13 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Game 3.

Jones returned in Game 5, and Igbinoghene played 64 defensive snaps in the remaining 12 games.

In 2021, Igbinoghene played all 66 defensive snaps as an injury replacement in Game 6, and 12 in the remaining 16 contests.

Last season, Igbinoghene played 238 defensive snaps, with 75 coming as an injury-replacement starter in a 16-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Oct. 23. Igbinoghene sealed the victory by making the only interception of his career in the end zone on the Steeler’s final snap.

But Igbinoghene was designated as a game-day inactive for six of Miami’s final eight games last season.

During the offseason, the Dolphins declined to use their option for a fifth season on Igbinoghene’s rookie contract. If Miami had picked up its option on Igbinoghene’s contract, the cornerback would have had a guaranteed salary of $11.514 million for the 2024 season.

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