A Miami-Dade police officer has been placed on administrative leave after Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was handcuffed and detained by police Sunday, hours before the team played against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Video circulating online appears to show four officers surrounding Hill as he is in handcuffs. Hill is lying on the ground while one of the officers has a knee on his back. Another video shows an officer approaching Hill quickly and Hill falling to the ground, though the view is partially obstructed.

Hill was pulled over about one block from the Hard Rock Stadium, where the Dolphins play, according to the team. He received a citation for reckless driving and driving without a license, said Drew Rosenhaus, Hill’s agent.

After the game, Hill put a positive spin on the incident.

“Obviously, everybody has bad apples in every situation, so I want to be able to use this platform to figure out a way to flip this and make it a positive on both ends — on my end, and then also Miami-Dade — so that way we can team together and do something positive for the community, cause that’s what it’s all about,” he said in a postgame interview. Hill added that he has respect for police officers and wants to be one someday.

Hill said he still does not know why he was placed in handcuffs.

“I’m not going to give you a version that I still don’t know what happened,” he said. “But I do want to be able to use this platform to say, ‘What if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill?’”

He added, “I wasn’t disrespectful ‘cause my mom didn’t raise me that way. Didn’t cuss, didn’t do none of that.”

The Miami-Dade police department will be reviewing body camera footage of the incident, Director Stephanie Daniels said on X.

“I’m committed to transparency and accountability to the community with any situation involving my officers,” she said.

Hill said he felt alone in the moment and was fortunate that his teammates, Calais Campbell and Jonnu Smith, showed up and tried to deescalate the situation.

Campbell, a defensive tackle, said he was driving to the stadium and saw Hill in handcuffs. When he got out of his car to intervene, he was handcuffed as well, he said.

“I didn’t understand what the issue was, but for him to put handcuffs on me, I felt some kind of way. But that just goes to show you our resilience, though,” Campbell said. “We didn’t let that stop us, we just got back in line, got focused again, and went out there and played a good football game. But that definitely was a interesting way to start a ball game.”

The Dolphins went on to defeat the Jaguars 20-17. Hill finished with seven catches and 130 yards. After an 80-yard touchdown reception, Hill appeared to pretend to be handcuffed during an endzone celebration.

Miami Dolphins’ star Tyreek Hill has broken his silence after being detained by police outside the Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium three hours prior to Sunday’s game.

In a statement obtained by Us Weekly on the evening of Sunday, September 8, the athlete’s agent Drew Rosenhaus revealed Hill’s legal team may consider taking legal action against law enforcement authorities.

“What happened today to Tyreek at the stadium is completely unacceptable. Tyreek did not deserve to be treated that way by the police involved,” Rosenhaus said in the statement. “Tyreek’s legal team will be pursuing this matter on Tyreek’s behalf and I’m sure they will consider taking legal action.”

Hill, 30, was pulled over and put into handcuffs by police officers on Sunday morning right outside the stadium after what was described by the Dolphins as a “traffic incident.” According to NBC Miami, Hill received a ticket for “reckless driving.”

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“This morning, WR Tyreek Hill was pulled over for a traffic incident about one block from the stadium and briefly detained by police,” the team said in a statement to NFL on CBS sportscaster Jonathan Jones. “He has since been released. Several teammates saw the incident and stopped to offer support.”

Hill played in Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, which saw the Dolphins defeat the Jaguars 20-17.

During a post-game press conference, Hill, who was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2016 and traded to the Dolphins in 2022, said he was still processing the morning’s events.

“Right now I’m still trying to put it all together. I still don’t know what happened,” Hill was seen telling reporters in a TikTok video posted by ESPN on Sunday night. “But I do want to be able to use this platform to say, what if I wasn’t Tyreek Hill? Like, worst case scenario. It’s crazy. I’ve got a lot of respect for cops [but] everybody has bad apples, in every situation.”

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Hill went on to explain that he did not provoke law enforcement officials, telling the room he “wasn’t disrespectful” and “didn’t curse.” He added that he was grateful for the support of his Dolphins teammates.

“I’m just glad that my team mates were there to, like, support me in that situation because I felt alone,” Hill said. “When they showed up, it made me realise that we’ve got a good team this year. For them to put their life on the line. It was amazing to see.”

During Sunday’s game, Hill poked fun at the morning’s incident after scoring a touchdown. To celebrate his 80-yard catch-and-run triumph, Hill walked up to fans with Dolphins wideout Jaylen Waddle who came from behind and pretended to handcuff Hill.

The Dolphins superstar was named a captain for both the 2023-2024 and 2024–2025 NFL seasons.

Sunday’s game was the team’s official season opener, of which Hill had previously said had everybody “on the edge of their seat.”

“We all excited man. We got a lot of weapons [and] a lot of playmakers on this team,” he said in the lead-up to Sunday’s debut. “Everybody’s on the very edge of their seat just waiting for this moment. I think these three days that we had off, all I could think about was lining up, playing alongside the guys on offense. Every year is another opportunity to win games and create memories.”

The Jacksonville Jaguars are entering halftime with a 17-5 lead over the Miami Dolphins.

So, what did we see in the first half of Jaguars vs. Dolphins? We break it down below.

The offense rebounded from a bad start

It was just one drive, but the opening drive of the 2024 season was the epitome of what the Jaguars struggled with in 2023. The Jaguars lost 13 yards on the first play after leaving veteran defensive lineman Calais Campbell unblocked.

Campbell is the largest human being in the stadium, so it is hard to believe the Jaguars dialed up the right scheme. The next two plays included a run for negative yards and an overthrown pass on 3rd-and-long.

The Jaguars’ next drive, however, was a masterpiece. Tank Bigsby ran hard and gained 25 yards on his first two carries, while Gabe Davis’ first target was a 20-yard gain and the first shot to Brian Thomas Jr. resulted in a 41-yard defensive pass interference on Jalen Ramsey.

Travis Etienne then hit paydirt from one-yard out to complete a 96-yard scoring drive and a statement.

Running games were biggest discrepancy

The Dolphins offense simply looked claustrophobic for most of the first-half, and this was largely because the Jaguars forced them to look one-dimensional. The Dolphins gained just three yards on their first six carries, with the Jaguars’ defensive line living behind the line of scrimmage.

The Dolphins attempted to get to the edge, but Travon Walker dominated in the running game to prevent it.

Meanwhile, the Jaguars picked up 50 yards on their first 12 carries. The rushing attack was led by Tank Bigsby, who was out-carried by Travis Etienne but gained 31 yards on his first four carries, giving him a 7.8 yards per carry average compared to Etienne’s seven carries for 11 yards.

The Jaguars’ offense stayed balance in large part due to the running game.

Jaguars have the quarterback advantage

Other than a 39-yard screen pass that saw De’Von Achane do all of the work, the Jaguars handled Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa early in the first half. Tagovailoa was 5-of-10 for 32 yards outside of the screen pass on the first three drives of the game, which led to a turnover on downs and a punt.

Tagovailoa missed an open Tyreek Hill for a touchdown on the second drive as well.

Trevor Lawrence wasn’t perfect in his start with a poor throw on 3rd-and-long on the first drive, but his second drive saw him pick up yards with his legs and hit Gabe Davis with a well-placed 20-yard throw.

His throw to Brian Thomas Jr. ensured it would either be a touchdown or a pass interference, too. Lawrence then hit a 30-yard throw to Christian Kirk and a 14-yard touchdown to Thomas Jr. for legit big-time throw moments, which the Dolphins didn’t get.

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