Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was pinned to the ground and handcuffed by police while making his way to the team’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday morning in astonishing scenes.
Hill, who still lined up for the Dolphins in their season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, even appeared to be struck by an officer unprovoked in a shocking video after being cuffed on the sidewalk just one block away from the stadium.
While driving to the game, the 30-year-old was ordered to pull over around one block away from Hard Rock after being cited for ‘reckless driving’, according to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington.
Hill was then seen being detained on the ground and led away in cuffs following a reported alleged altercation with an officer, before cops released him shortly after. Several of his Miami teammates are said to have pulled over to help deescalate the situation.
After the ordeal, he made his way to Hard Rock Stadium as planned and started the game for Miami as expected.
Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was handcuffed and detained by police while entering the team’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday morning
In a statement given to DailyMail.com, Miami Dade Police Department confirmed they will review all of the details surrounding Hill’s detainment, including bodycam footage of the incident.
Director Stephanie V. Daniels said: ‘We are aware of the recent detainment of Miami Dolphins player Tyreek Hill by Miami-Dade Police Department officers. I have requested an immediate review of all details surrounding the incident, and we are also reviewing available body camera footage.
‘We will provide updates as further information becomes available.’
The Dolphins confirmed their player was safe and with his teammates at the stadium in a statement later on Sunday morning.
The team’s statement read: ‘This morning, WR Tyreek Hill was pulled over for a traffic incident about one block from the stadium and briefly detained by police. He has since been released.
‘Several teammates saw the incident and stopped to offer support.
‘Tyreek and all other players involved have safely arrived to the stadium and will be available for today’s game.’
Hill, who is set to line up for the Dolphins in their season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars , was seen being cuffed by police in videos circulating on social media
The 30-year-old was seen being pinned to the ground in one video of the incident
After being released by cops Hill could be seen warming up on the field at Hard Rock
He is still playing for Mike McDaniel’s team against the Jaguars on Sunday despite the ordeal
Despite his client being released, Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has described the incident as a ‘heartbreaking situation’ which was ‘completely unnecessary’ and suggested they will take action.
Rosenhaus also branded his client’s brief detainment as ‘mindboggling’.
‘I’m very distraught about it,’ he told Darlington on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. ‘We’re going to have to look into it.’
The agent added that he was ‘just thankful Tyreek is OK’ and thanked the team for helping to deescalate the situation.
On what Hill told him after the incident, Rosenhaus revealed: ‘He said he was driving into the stadium, the police stopped him, took him out of the car and basically at that point got rough with him.’f
‘It’s a legal situation so I’ve got to be careful not to get into too many details,’ he continued. ‘But he was entering the stadium when all of this happened. All the extra stuff that happened just seems, from my perspective, completely unnecessary.
‘I’m very distraught about it, I was greatly worried about Tyreek. But thank god when I got there the situation was calming down.’
Hill did not let his dramatic morning stop him from running out at Hard Rock Stadium
He is hoping to inspire the Dolphins to victory in their first game of the 2024 NFL season
The Dolphins receiver pictured with wife Keeta, whom he married in November of last year
Hill is entering his third season with the Dolphins after joining from the Kansas City Chiefs back in 2022.
The five-time First-team All-Pro helped Kansas City win the Super Bowl in 2020 but is yet to enjoy the same success over in Miami.
News of Hill’s detainment has sparked outrage online, with ESPN host Stephen A. Smith hitting out at the ‘unnecessary’ incident on Sunday morning and drawing comparisons with golf star Scottie Scheffler’s infamous arrest in Kentucky earlier this year.
Smith wrote on X alongside a video of Hill being placed in cuffs on the ground: ‘Look for yourself. This is b.s. Totally unnecessary.
‘And btw…., I know the Scottie Scheffler incident was in Georgia — not Florida — and he was arrested, detained, booked. I also know we don’t know all the details, blah….blah…..blah! But he wasn’t faced down on the ground in cuffs? Then forcibly sat down again by officers a second time. Nah! This story isn’t going away — and it doesn’t need to.’
