Tyreek Hill may be headed for a return to the NFL this week, and the Chiefs are in the mix.
Hill is a free agent after suffering a devastating left-knee injury in a game against the Jets in September 2025. The injury dislocated his knee and tore multiple ligaments, but he has been working toward a comeback and is expected to sign with a team in the coming days.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, plans to begin talks with multiple teams on Monday. Schefter said Kansas City is among them, and the Chiefs have stayed in contact with Hill.
“I would anticipate Tyreek potentially signing with a team over the next few days,” Rosenhaus told Schefter.
Hill’s name also popped back into the conversation Sunday night after he posted a social-media message that appeared to reference the injury suffered by Chiefs receiver Tyquan Thornton.
A reunion would not be out of left field for Kansas City. Chiefs players who spoke to The Athletic’s Michael Silver said they would welcome Hill back.
“That’s out of my hands, but I know I’d love to have ‘The Cheetah’ back in this building,” tight end Travis Kelce told Silver. “He’s a brother.
He’s one of those people who, when he sets his mind to something, he usually delivers. You saw that with Miami, when all the haters were saying he couldn’t play and he went and had his best year.
I’d be excited by what he could do (here).”
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was more measured, but still open to the idea.
“I have no idea (if that would happen), but it’d be pretty cool,” Mahomes told Silver.
Hill’s path back to Kansas City would close a circle that once seemed impossible. The Chiefs traded him to the Dolphins in March 2022 after winning a Super Bowl, losing one and coming off a stunning AFC Championship Game collapse.
At the time, plenty of people wondered whether the Chiefs’ championship run would fade without him. Instead, Kansas City became the first team in NFL history to reach the Super Bowl after winning two straight championships.
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