Tyreek Hill is still without a team as spring workouts begin, months after the Dolphins released him in a salary-cap move near the start of the 2026 league year. The wide receiver, once one of the league’s most explosive playmakers, remains on the market while he tries to finish his recovery from a major knee injury.
That status is drawing attention now because teams are in offseason work and Hill is still available near the three-month mark of his unrestricted free agency. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said the surgery went very well and that Hill hopes to play in 2026, but there has been no public sign yet that he is back on a field or running on the reconstructed knee.
Hill’s injury came last September in a Week 4 game against the New York Jets, when he dislocated his left knee and tore multiple ligaments, including the ACL. He underwent surgery to repair the damage, then spent the winter and spring posting Instagram videos that showed progress as he strengthened the knee. Those clips have offered a glimpse of work behind the scenes, but not of the kind of movement that would ease doubts about when he will be ready to help a team again.
The uncertainty matters because receiver-needy clubs are already sorting out their 2026 plans, and Hill would still change the market if he returns close to form. The Chiefs are among the teams that could consider a reunion with the player they sent to Miami four years ago, after he helped them win Super Bowl 54, and they still need help at wide receiver even with Travis Kelce back for his 14th NFL season, Eric Bieniemy rejoining Andy Reid’s staff and Patrick Mahomes returning. Kelce has led Kansas City in receiving yards in each of the four seasons since Hill left, and he has not reached 1,000 yards in any of the last three.
Atlanta could also be part of the conversation. The Falcons drafted Georgia receiver Zachariah Branch in the third round, but they still lack proven veteran help beyond Drake London, with Bijan Robinson offering another pass-catching threat, Kyle Pitts back on the franchise tag after his 2025 rebound and Jahan Dotson and Olamide Zaccheaus still expected to handle much of the passing load. That kind of depth chart leaves room for a player like Hill, though his value depends on whether he can show he is past the injury that has kept him off the field and out of team workouts.
For now, that is the unresolved part of the story: Hill wants to play in 2026, but no one has yet seen him prove he can run the way he once did, and no team has stepped forward with a deal. Until that changes, the market for one of the league’s fastest receivers remains suspended between hope and caution.
