Tyreek Hill’s comeback timeline is starting to come into focus, and the word from his camp is that patience is the plan. In an interview with The Pat McAfee Show, agent Drew Rosenhaus said doctors have recommended the veteran receiver wait until sometime in October before trying to return.
Rosenhaus said Hill has made encouraging progress from last year’s severe knee injury, and he pointed to the workout videos Hill has posted as evidence of that recovery. He also said there has already been interest from multiple teams in signing him.
“There’s a ton of interest, as you can imagine, in Tyreek,” Rosenhaus said. “But we just want to make sure he’s 100 percent good to go. That may be a month from now, a couple weeks from now, we’re not in a hurry.”
For now, ESPN’s Nate Taylor said the Chiefs are expected to keep tabs on Hill’s recovery, though they are the only team specifically linked to him at this point.
Hill is 32 and has a long history with Kansas City. He entered the league as a fifth-round pick by the Chiefs in 2016, and in 2019 he was playing out the final year of his four-year, $2.58 million deal when Kansas City signed him to a three-year, $54 million extension that included $35.2 million guaranteed.
Kansas City later traded Hill to the Dolphins in the 2022 offseason. Miami then gave him a four-year, $120 million contract with $72.2 million guaranteed. Heading into the 2024 season, Hill agreed to a reworked three-year, $90 million deal with $65 million in guarantees after he was due base salaries of $19.665 million and $21.835 million over the next two seasons.
The Dolphins released Hill in February 2026 while he was still working back from a major leg injury.
Before the injury derailed his season, Hill played four games for Miami in 2025 and finished with 21 catches on 29 targets for 265 yards and one touchdown.
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