Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is expected to play in the team’s season opener despite being detained by police outside the stadium.
News broke on Sunday, September 8, that Hill, 30, was pulled over by police officers outside the Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium that morning and put into handcuffs. Hill’s agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed the incident to NFL on CBS, revealing that that athlete is still planning to play in Sunday’s game.
“This morning, WR Tyreek Hill was pulled over for a traffic incident about one block from the stadium and briefly detained by police,” the team said in a statement to NFL on CBS sportscaster Jonathan Jones. “He has since been released. Several teammates saw the incident and stopped to offer support.”
The statement continued, “Tyreek and all other players involved have safely arrived to the stadium and will be available for today’s game.”
Hill has not publicly addressed the incident. Us Weekly reached out to both reps for Hill and the Miami-Dade Police Department for comment.
The wide receiver was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2016. After six years with the Missouri team, Hill was traded to the Dolphins in 2022. He was named a captain for both the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 NFL seasons.
“It means I’m still doing my thing. [I’m] very proud, very honored,” Hill said of his position in a September 2 press conference. “For my teammates to vote me in that role, I feel like it shows how much growth I’ve had throughout my career. So, very excited, man, to be in this position that I’m in. I’m honored, man.”
Sunday’s afternoon game is the Dolphin’s official season opener, where they will take on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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“We all excited man. We got a lot of weapons [and] a lot of playmakers on this team,” he added earlier this month, teasing Sunday’s game. “Everybody’s on the very edge of their seat just waiting for this moment. I think these three days that we had off, all I could think about was lining up, playing alongside the guys on offense. Every year is another opportunity to win games and create memories.”
Hill continued, “This is the best group of guys we had since we been here, so what a time to be alive [and] be a Dolphin fan.”
Ahead of Sunday’s game, Hill had also been battling an ankle injury.
“I’m fine,” he quipped during the September 2 press conference. “I just needed some days off, that’s it. I’m healthy [and] all my fantasy draftees, I’m a-OK 100 percent.”
