Tyreek Hill: 'I don't feel like I deserve' to be a captain in 2025
Tyreek Hill: 'I don't feel like I deserve' to be a captain in 2025
Tyreek Hill says he's focused on earning his Miami Dolphins teammates' trust back after ending the 2024 season with a pseudo trade request. And after three straight years of being a team captain in as many years with the Dolphins, the eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver isn't expecting to keep the honor in 2025.
"I gotta prove myself," Hill told reporters Wednesday after an organized team activity (OTA). "This OTAs, training camp, I gotta prove myself. I gotta show up different. The mindset's gotta be different. I don't feel like I deserve [to be captain] and if I didn't get it, I wouldn't dwell on it, I wouldn't sweat it, because I put myself in that position.
"Every day I'm trying to prove myself as one of those guys that this team can depend on in crucial moments."
In addition to telling reporters in January that he was "opening the door" to leave Miami, the receiver also removed himself from the lineup in the second half of the Dolphins' Week 18 loss to the New York Jets.
"Emotions were high, but at the end of the day, I'm just looking to move forward from that," Hill said Wednesday. "I'm hoping that I can prove to my teammates that I'm still one of them ones. Still chasing [2,000 yards], still chasing playoff dreams."
So far, it seems his determination to impress teammates and coaches is working.
'Tyreek's been great,' new Dolphins receivers coach Robert Prince told reporters earlier this month. 'If I text him, he texts me back. If I call him, he calls me back. He says I'm going to be here, he's been here. And it's been great. I've had nothing but positive experiences with Tyreek, and he's a great leader in the room.'
Hill, 31, finished the 2024 season with 81 receptions for 959 yards and six touchdowns. It was the first time in his career he didn't earn a Pro Bowl nod.
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