1. Tyreek Hill was born on March 1,1994 and is an American professional football wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.
79 Facts About Tyreek Hill
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Tyreek Hill played college football for the Garden City Broncbusters, Oklahoma State Cowboys, and West Alabama Tigers before being selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft.
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Tyreek Hill has been selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his eight seasons in the league, won Super Bowl LIV with the Chiefs, and was named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team as a punt returner.
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Tyreek Hill was born on March 1,1994, and is the son of Anesha Sanchez and Derrick Shaw.
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Tyreek Hill's mark was the fastest time by a junior athlete in the 2012 season and the fastest by a junior athlete since Ramil Guliyev's 20.04 s in 2009.
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Tyreek Hill was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 2012.
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Tyreek Hill was a USA Today All-American track and field selection in 2012.
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At Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas, Tyreek Hill ran track and played football.
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Tyreek Hill scored his first rushing touchdown of the season against the Kansas State Wildcats.
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Tyreek Hill's 996 combined return yards ranked second in the nation.
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On September 1,2015, the University of West Alabama in Livingston, Alabama, announced that Tyreek Hill enrolled and would play football for the Tigers.
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Tyreek Hill was projected to go undrafted during the 2016 NFL draft, predominantly due to his domestic violence arrest.
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Tyreek Hill was not invited to the NFL Combine but was able to showcase his abilities at West Alabama's Pro Day.
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Tyreek Hill was the first player from West Alabama to be drafted since 1974, when Ken Hutcherson was selected 97th overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
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General manager John Dorsey had to receive consent from Chiefs' owner Clark Hunt to make the selection and says they thoroughly vetted Tyreek Hill, which included speaking to the prosecutor that charged him.
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Tyreek Hill began the 2016 season as the Chiefs' starting punt returner, kick returner, and fourth wide receiver on the depth chart behind veterans Jeremy Maclin, Chris Conley, and Albert Wilson.
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Tyreek Hill was the first player with a kick return for a touchdown, rushing touchdown, and receiving touchdown in a single game since Gale Sayers did so for the Chicago Bears in 1965.
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Tyreek Hill's performance earned him American Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week.
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Tyreek Hill was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in Week 14.
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Tyreek Hill finished his rookie season with 61 receptions for 593 receiving yards and six touchdowns, 24 carries for 267 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns, 14 kick returns for a total of 384 yards and a touchdown, and 39 punt returns for 592 yards and two touchdowns.
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Tyreek Hill appeared in all 16 games, had one start, and made seven combined tackles.
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Tyreek Hill was named to the 2017 Pro Bowl as a return specialist.
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On January 6,2017, Tyreek Hill was named First-team All-Pro as a punt returner.
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Tyreek Hill was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team for the 2016 season.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked 36th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017.
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The Chiefs lined up like they were going to try a Hail Mary and Smith threw an underneath check-down pass to Tyreek Hill who had a convoy of blockers clear enough space for him to maneuvere to the end zone for the touchdown.
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On December 19,2017, Tyreek Hill was named to his second Pro Bowl as a return specialist.
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Tyreek Hill finished his second professional season with 75 receptions for 1,183 yards and seven touchdowns.
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Tyreek Hill was selected to his second straight Pro Bowl as a return specialist for the AFC.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked 40th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.
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Four weeks later, Tyreek Hill had his third 100-yard receiving game, with seven receptions for 117 yards and two touchdowns, along with a 20-yard rush, in a Week 10 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
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Tyreek Hill finished the season with a career-high 87 receptions for 1,479 yards and 12 touchdowns.
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Tyreek Hill finished second on the team in receptions behind Travis Kelce and led the team in receiving yards and touchdowns.
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Tyreek Hill finished fourth in the league in receiving yards and touchdowns, and led the league in 20+ and 40+ yard receptions.
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Tyreek Hill was named to his third straight Pro Bowl and was named first-team All-Pro in the "flex" position and second-team All-Pro as a wide receiver.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked 19th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019.
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Tyreek Hill was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
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Tyreek Hill made his return from injury during Week 6 against the Texans.
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Tyreek Hill earned a fourth career nomination to the Pro Bowl following the 2019 season.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked 22nd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2020.
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Tyreek Hill started the 2020 season with four consecutive games recording a receiving touchdown.
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Tyreek Hill became the first player since Lee Evans in 2006 to record at least 200 receiving yards in a single quarter.
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Tyreek Hill was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 12.
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Tyreek Hill finished the 2020 season with 87 receptions for 1,276 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns to go along with two rushing touchdowns.
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Tyreek Hill earned a fifth career nomination to the Pro Bowl and was named as a First-team All-Pro for the third time.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked 15th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked 15th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.
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Tyreek Hill added a third-game with double-digit receptions with 12 for 94 yards and a touchdown against the New York Giants in Week 8.
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Tyreek Hill finished the 2021 season with 111 receptions for 1,239 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns.
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Tyreek Hill earned a sixth consecutive nomination to the Pro Bowl.
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Tyreek Hill was targeted by Mahomes on the Chiefs' last offensive play, but the ball was tipped by safety Jessie Bates into the hands of Vonn Bell.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked 15th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022.
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Tyreek Hill was named to his seventh career Pro Bowl and earned first team All-Pro honors for the fourth time.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked seventh by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023.
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In Week 5, Tyreek Hill caught eight passes for 181 yards and one touchdown during a win over the Giants, marking the thirteenth time in his career he had over 150 receiving yards in a single game.
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In Week 7 against the Eagles, Tyreek Hill became the second player in franchise history, after Paul Warfield, to score a touchdown in six of the team's first seven games.
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Tyreek Hill became the first player in the Super Bowl era to achieve the feat of 1,000 receiving yards by the eighth game of the season.
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Tyreek Hill led the NFL in receiving yards and tied for the league lead in receiving touchdowns.
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Tyreek Hill earned Pro Bowl and First Team All-Pro honors.
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Tyreek Hill scored the Dolphins' lone touchdown in a Wild Card Round loss to the Chiefs.
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Tyreek Hill was ranked as the best player in the NFL according to his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2024.
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Tyreek Hill was taken to the ground by police and briefly handcuffed before being released.
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Dolphins general manager Chris Grier clarified that Tyreek Hill never asked for a trade.
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In 2020, Tyreek Hill served as an assistant coach for the football program at Lee's Summit North High School in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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Tyreek Hill was previously engaged to Crystal Espinal, to whom he proposed in September 2018.
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In November 2023, Tyreek Hill married Keeta Vaccaro, the sister of retired safety Kenny Vaccaro.
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In July 2024, Tyreek Hill announced that he would have a baby girl with Vaccaro.
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On December 12,2014, Tyreek Hill was arrested in Stillwater, Oklahoma on complaints of assault of his 20-year-old pregnant girlfriend, Crystal Espinal.
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Tyreek Hill eventually pleaded guilty to domestic assault and battery by strangulation and was sentenced to three years of probation, an anger-management course, a year-long batterer's program, and was required to undergo a domestic-abuse evaluation, a sentence that Espinal was consulted about and said she was comfortable with.
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In March 2019, Tyreek Hill was investigated for alleged battery after an incident in which his 3-year-old son sustained a broken arm.
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In February 2024, Tyreek Hill reached a confidential settlement with Lackner and confirmed he was the father of her son.
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In July 2024, a Broward County judge ruled that Tyreek Hill was in fact the father of Baker's daughter Trae Love Tyreek Hill.
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On February 23,2024, model and influencer Sophie Hall filed a civil lawsuit against Tyreek Hill, alleging that he had broken her leg during a football lesson at his house the previous June when he invited her to run offensive line drills against him.
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Tyreek Hill's lawyer disputed her account and said her injury resulted from her falling over a dog that interrupted one of the plays.
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On September 8,2024, hours before the Miami Dolphins were set to begin their season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tyreek Hill was pulled over by officers outside of the Dolphins stadium while he was on his way to the game.
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The video showed Tyreek Hill being detained in handcuffs and forced to the ground by three officers who were on top of him holding him down.
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Julius B Collins, Hill's attorney, said that the traffic stop escalated when Hill gave officers his license and rolled his window back up.
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Tyreek Hill remained at the scene to "support" Hill after he said officers asked him to leave.
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Tyreek Hill is demanding that Congress finally pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.