Source: Dolphins, Tyreek Hill agree to restructured $90M deal

MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins agreed to a restructured contract Saturday with large receiver Tyreek Hill that may hold him among the many highest-paid ability 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 informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter. No new years have been added to the four-year, $120 million extension Hill signed with the staff 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 probably the most assured cash added to a contract with out including any years in NFL historical past.

The Dolphins traded for Hill throughout the 2022 offseason, and he has reworked their offense. He leads all gamers with 3,509 yards in that span, and solely Davante Adams acquired greater than Hill’s 30.7% of his staff’s targets.

He has additionally remained the NFL’s preeminent downfield risk; he is tied with Justin Jefferson for probably the most receptions of at the least 20 yards with 54 over the previous two seasons. He additionally leads all ability place gamers with 9 performs of at the least 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 whole ensures — together with teammate Jaylen Waddle.

The five-time All-Professional additionally made it clear that in contrast to the final time he needed an upgraded contract, which led to his commerce from the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, he had no real interest in being traded or strong-arming the Dolphins into doing one thing that harm the staff’s monetary flexibility.

“The one factor I informed Drew was like, ‘Don’t get me traded,'” Hill stated in July. “I need to keep right here in Miami as a result of clearly that is the place household is now. All people loves it right here. Household loves it, spouse loves it, youngsters like it. So clearly I like it. I really like enjoying for Coach [Mike McDaniel] and the staff. My teammates are superior so I would not need to depart. The followers are superior, too. I simply love how the followers maintain us accountable day-after-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 sport 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 staff’s teaching workers for his management, in each what he says and what he does.

“How will you ask that of different gamers when you do not do this your self?” McDaniel stated. “I believe Tyreek has finished an incredible job of figuring out issues that he can enhance on, that he needs to enhance on. And when you may have management from top-of-the-line gamers, if not the most effective participant within the league, it is unattainable for teammates to not hear. So, I believe he is actually loved that platform and he simply actually makes me proud day-after-day, the way in which he is rising up.”