MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins agreed to a restructured contract Saturday with huge receiver Tyreek Hill that can maintain him among the many highest-paid talent place gamers within the NFL.
The restructured contract is price $90 million over the following three years with $65 million of it assured, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter. No new years have been added to the four-year, $120 million extension Hill signed with the workforce in 2022, however the $106.5 million in up to date totally assured cash is the most-ever for a large receiver.
The deal, negotiated by Drew Rosenhaus and Jason Rosenhaus, additionally represents essentially the most assured cash added to a contract with out including any years in NFL historical past.
The Dolphins traded for Hill in the course of the 2022 offseason, and he has reworked their offense. He leads all gamers with 3,509 yards in that span, and solely Davante Adams obtained greater than Hill’s 30.7% of his workforce’s targets.
He has additionally remained the NFL’s preeminent downfield risk; he is tied with Justin Jefferson for essentially the most receptions of no less than 20 yards with 54 over the previous two seasons. He additionally leads all talent place gamers with 9 performs of no less than 50 yards since 2022 — greater than 24 groups have recorded in that very same span.
Hill, 30, made it no secret that he needed to be paid like top-of-the-line receivers within the NFL, following an offseason that noticed 4 receivers signal extensions that surpassed his in complete ensures — together with teammate Jaylen Waddle.
The five-time All-Professional additionally made it clear that not like the final time he needed an upgraded contract, which led to his commerce from the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, he had little interest in being traded or strong-arming the Dolphins into doing one thing that damage the workforce’s monetary flexibility.
“The one factor I advised Drew was like, ‘Don’t get me traded,'” Hill mentioned in July. “I wish to keep right here in Miami as a result of clearly that is the place household is now. Everyone loves it right here. Household loves it, spouse loves it, children adore it. So clearly I adore it. I like enjoying for Coach [Mike McDaniel] and the workforce. My teammates are superior so I would not wish to go away. The followers are superior, too. I simply love how the followers maintain us accountable every single day on Twitter. So we’re getting higher, I promise you. We’re not simply sitting round ingesting smoothies. We’re getting higher.”
With Hill signed, the Dolphins have locked within the core of their passing recreation with Waddle and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa additionally inking extensions this offseason.
A captain in every of his two seasons in Miami, Hill has drawn reward from the workforce’s teaching workers for his management, in each what he says and what he does.
“How will you ask that of different gamers for those who do not do this your self?” McDaniel mentioned. “I feel Tyreek has carried out an amazing job of figuring out issues that he can enhance on, that he needs to enhance on. And when you’ve management from top-of-the-line gamers, if not one of the best participant within the league, it is not possible for teammates to not hear. So, I feel he is actually loved that platform and he simply actually makes me proud every single day, the best way he is rising up.”
