Tyreek Hill, the path of the ‘Cheetah’ to be an NFL star

The Miami Dolphins they have a new face 2022 NFL season. With a record of 3-0, thanks to a solid defense and a renewed attack, the team that commands Tua Tagovailoa found the receiver they needed, Tyreek Hill.

He was born on March 1, 1994 in Douglas, Georgia; a city of 11,722 people, where Hill began to enjoy physical activity, her mother Virginia Hill was in charge of raising him, and when he was old enough he went to high school in Coffee High Schoolwhere he began to shine for his speed, winning the 100 and 200 meter dash in the 2012 state competition.

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His best time was recorded in 20.14s, remaining one thousandth of a second from the record for Roy Martin (national record at the high school level). Achieving at the end of the year to enter the official list of the best of the year in the “US A Today All-American track and field selection”.

With these posters, Tyreek attended the community school in Garden City where he continued participating in athletics competitions and being an important part of the American football team, to try to get access to some of the important universities in the United States. After a season of 1,191 total yards and 5 touchdowns, the University of oklahoma state opens doors for you.

However, despite his great performance on the field, off it the story was very different. In December 2014, the University suspended Hill from all athletic activities following an arrest for domestic violence, when he was accused of assaulting his 20-year-old girlfriend who was pregnant. With this, in his only year playing for the cowboys from Oklahoma State, added 534 rushing yards, 381 by air Y two touchdownsadded to the 996 yards and 3 more touchdowns in activity with special teams.

After pleading guilty, the jury sentenced him to three years of probation, in addition to going to anger management therapy. Eight months later, he managed to enter the University of West Alabama where he begins to play football under the command of the head coach Brett Gilliland. There, his numbers were nothing spectacular, but he managed to stand out for his activity in special teams.

For 2016, he decides to enter the NFL Draft. However, most pundits projected him not to be drafted that year, mostly because of his domestic violence allegations, and while he wasn’t invited to the NFL Combineif you participated in the Alabama Pro Daywhere he surprised several scouts, to end up in the end drafted in the 5th round, pick 165 for Kansas City Chiefs (1st West Alabama player drafted by the team since 1974), a decision that not only caused annoyance on the part of the fans, but inside the team the decision by the general manager also caused a stir John Dorsey.

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However, it couldn’t have gone better for the team. On May 17 of that same year, Hill signed his first contract. NFLwhich was for 4 years, $2.58 million dollars, $100,000 guaranteed. From there, the numbers have spoken:

-6 seasons with Chiefs.
-479 receptions.
-7,349 total yards.
-62 Touchdowns.

Breaking franchise records for most receptions and receiving yards in a single season with 111 (2021) and 1,479 (2018) respectively and most touchdown receptions in a season with 15 (2020) tying the mark for receiver Dwayne Bowe (2010).

After winning the Super Bowl in 2019, achieving an incredible connection with patrick mahomes and managing to reach the conference final in 2021, where the Chiefs faced the Bengals and lost. Kansas City decided to send the receiver to the dolphins for a 1st and 2nd round draft in 2022, in addition to a 6th in 2023. Thus, he signed a contract for 4 years and $120 million dollars, of which $72.2 million they were guaranteed. Figures that made him, at the time, the highest paid receiver in the entire NFL.