It’s not often you see an NFL player give a possible end date to their career – but that appears to be what star Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill did this week.
Appearing on the “Totally Offensive” podcast, Hill was asked how much longer he plans to play in the NFL, and the All-Pro receiver gave a shorter window than one may have anticipated.
“I’m going for 10,” Hill said. “I’m going to finish out this contract with the Dolphins and then I’m going to call it quits.”
By “10,” Hill appeared to mean he will play ten total seasons in the NFL, with seven already under his belt.
It’s a surprising admission for a player that is very much in his prime, having just finished the 2022 season with 1,710 receiving yards – second in the league.
He is coming off the best season of his career from a statistical standpoint and is still only 29.
Hill is actually under contract for four more seasons, though the final year of his deal (2026) would carry a massive $56 million cap hit, and the team can get out of his deal before that with minimal damage to the dead cap.
It may have been just an offhand comment on a podcast, and Hill has no reason to stick to the timeline he offered, but it’s still interesting to hear the superstar wideout thinking of his career in those terms.
If he were to hang up his cleats early, Hill did offer some insight into what he’d like to do instead of football.
“I really want to get into the gaming space,” Hill said. “I really want to get huge in that and that’s kind of what I’m doing right now. I’m using my platform to create a gaming team, which isn’t launched yet. It should launch by the end of this month. I’m going to just sign different content creators, different athletes. I just been working that, talking to different sponsors.
“I want to do so many things in my life.”
Hill spent six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs before being traded to the Dolphins last offseason, winning a Super Bowl with Patrick Mahomes and Co. in 2020.
After the 2021 season, the Dolphins sent a first-rounder, a second-rounder, and three late-round picks to Kansas City in exchange for the electric receiver.
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