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(New York, NY) — Tyreek Hill to retire? Maybe.
It’s not often you see an NFL player discuss a end date to their career- but that’s what Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill did on Tuesday.
Speaking on the “Totally Offensive” podcast hosted by Hill’s former teammates Gehrig Dieter and Anthony Sherman, the pass catcher said he plans to call the quits after 2025 season.
“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 seemingly meant he will play ten total seasons in the NFL. He currently has seven under his belt. The five-time All Pro would be coming off his age-31 season if he walked away at that time. It would be an oddly poetic end to his career considering he wears the No. 10 jersey.
There’s no guarantee that Cheetah will stick to that timeline, but if he does, it’s shocking news. Hill just finished the 2022 season with 1,710 receiving yards – second in the league.
The superstar receiver has already teased moving on to other business ventures in his post NFL career, and may also be interested in coaching.
“So 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.”
Since being drafted in the fifth round by the Chiefs in 2016, Hill has been named an All-Pro five times, won a Super Bowl in 2019, and been voted to the Pro Bowl in each of his seven years.
Hill’s contract technically runs through the 2026 season and comes with a $43.9 million base salary, but it’s effectively a void year and completely non-guaranteed.
In any event, NFL fans will get at least a few more seasons of Cheetah if he truly wants to hang up the cleats.