In efforts to upgrade their defensive line, the Miami Dolphins on Thursday signed Anthony off Baltimore’s practice squad. Bryant’s signing is the Dolphins’ latest signing to beef up the league’s second-worst rushing defense in the NFL, allowing 168 yards per game. He was immediately placed on the Dolphin’s active roster for this week’s game against New England.

A former standout at the University of Alabama, Anthony has spent the past three seasons with five teams.

Before spending the last six weeks on the Ravens practice squad, Bryant, who is 6-foot-3, 337-pounds, spent one season with Tampa Bay, which selected him in the sixth-round of the 2005 draft. He played for Detroit in 2006, starting three games. He started out this year with the Falcons, which released him before training camp, allowing him to sign with Baltimore.

Bryant has 11 tackles in eight career NFL games.