The Dolphins have signed running back Jerome Messam. Messam enjoyed a breakthrough season with the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos in 2011. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian back in November. "Yes, it's true. Jeff Ireland (Dolphins general manager) phoned me late afternoon and said they had decided to offer Jerome a contract, but their proposal would not include a signing bonus," Eskimos general manager Eric Tillman said. "We weren't positive that proposal would be accepted, but in the past couple of hours, Darren Gill, Jerome's agent, confirmed they had discussed the situation and would be accepting the offer from Miami. "Obviously, Jerome departs with our best wishes and our focus immediately shifts to free agency as a terrific opportunity to improve our club in the coming days."