Agent Drew Rosenhaus has said that Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill will return from a serious knee injury and [play next season](https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/tyreek-hill-will-not-need-an-additional-procedure-on-knee). Hill was more equivocal on the subject of when, or if, he’ll play again.
“Right now, [I’m happy with being with my kids](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/dolphins/2025/10/23/miami-dolphins-tyreek-hill-terron-armstead/86854285007/),” Hill told former teammate Terron Armstead on _The Set_ podcast, via Hal Habib of the _Palm Beach Post_. “I’m happy with the career that I’ve had and I love playing football. I love it. But it — man, but it takes a lot, man, to be the best and to stay at the top.”
Hill dislocated his knee in Week 4, against the Jets. He underwent season-ending surgery to repair the ensuing ligament damage.
“I’m at the point now where I need to have a conversation with Mom, family, everybody,” Hill said. “Like I said, wherever my mind is at the time, the decision to be made, but I just know right now I feel like I haven’t had time to just live in the moment, and just be in the moment with my family. . . . I think that’s the appropriate answer for something like that. I don’t want to make any rash decisions.”
The Dolphins undoubtedly will release Hill after the season, absent a renegotiated contract that greatly reduces his $36 million compensation package for 2026. Whether he becomes a free agent or not, the first question is whether Hill wants to keep playing.
Based on his own words, he has not yet made that decision.