Dolphins to release star wide receiver Tyreek Hill: reports

Tyreek Hill is poised to beryllium 1 of the astir well-known names connected the free-agent marketplace successful March arsenic the Miami Dolphins program to merchandise the wide receiver, according to aggregate reports.

The prima wide receiver was among the players who don’t look to acceptable the organization’s roster plans for the 2026 season. Miami is besides reportedly acceptable to merchandise prima walk rusher Bradley Chubb, violative lineman James Daniels and wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine.

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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) leaves the tract aft losing to the Indianapolis Colts astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Sept. 7, 2025. (Trevor Ruszkowski/Imagn Images)

Hill, who volition crook 32 connected March 1, is recovering from a season-ending wounded helium suffered connected Sept. 29 against the New York Jets. He needed country to repair important harm to his near knee, including a torn ACL.

Miami acquired Hill successful a blockbuster commercialized with the Kansas City Chiefs earlier the commencement of the 2022 season. He signed a four-year hold reportedly worthy up to $120 million. It made him the highest-paid subordinate astatine his presumption astatine the time. The deal, which ran done the 2026 season, would person been a $51 cardinal headdress hit.

Hill was a standout subordinate connected the tract contempt rocky moments disconnected the field.

He was an All-Pro successful his archetypal 2 seasons with the Dolphins. He played successful 54 games and had 340 catches for 4,733 yards and 27 touchdowns. He didn’t person the aforesaid postseason occurrence arsenic helium had with the Chiefs.

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) scores a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills successful the 4th fourth astatine Highmark Stadium connected Sept. 18, 2025. (Gregory Fisher/Imagn Images)

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Off the field, Hill’s idiosyncratic beingness play caught headlines. He was besides detained successful an altercation with instrumentality enforcement extracurricular Hard Rock Stadium successful 2024.

He said successful October helium was undecided connected whether helium wanted to support playing beyond the 2025 season.

"At the extremity of the day, I consciousness similar that determination is based upon however I consciousness and wherever my mindset is astatine the moment," helium said connected the podcast of Terron Armstead, Hill’s erstwhile Dolphins teammate. "I’m blessed with the vocation that I’ve had. I emotion playing football. I emotion it, but it takes a lot. It takes a batch connected you mentally, it takes a batch connected you physically.

"I’m astatine the constituent present wherever I request to person a speech with mom, family, everybody. Wherever my caput is astatine the time, the determination volition beryllium made, but I cognize close now, I haven’t had clip to unrecorded successful the moment."

Miami Dolphins' Tyreek Hill looks toward the tract connected the sideline earlier an NFL shot crippled against the New York Jets, Sept. 29, 2025, successful Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file)

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Miami’s beforehand bureau underwent a alteration successful the offseason. The squad parted ways with Mike McDaniel and hired Jeff Hafley arsenic its caput coach. Jon-Eric Sullivan besides replaced Chris Grier arsenic the wide manager.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.