One of the officers involved in the dramatic detainment of Dolphins star Tyreek Hill has been placed on administrative duties amid an internal investigation into the incident.
The wide receiver was pinned to the ground and handcuffed by cops while making his way to Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday morning.
A few hours later a statement from Miami-Dade Police chief Stephanie V. Daniels – reported by NFL network – revealed that the officer has been put on administrative duties during ‘a thorough review of the matter’.
‘I’m committed to transparency and accountability to the community with any situation involving my officers,’ the statement added. The officer in question has not been identified.Â
Hill, who still lined up for the Dolphins in their season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, was reportedly ordered to pull over around one block away from Hard Rock after being cited for ‘reckless driving’ while making his way to the Stadium Sunday morning.Â
Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was handcuffed and detained by police while entering the team’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday morning. It is unclear if the officer in question is pictured in this photo
An officer has now been placed on administrative leave amid an investigationÂ
The NFL star was pinned to the ground and handcuffed, even appearing to have been struck by an unprovoked officer in shocking footage of the incident.Â
Hill was then seen being detained on the ground and led away in cuffs following a reported alleged altercation with an officer, before cops released him shortly after. Several of his Miami teammates are said to have pulled over to help deescalate the situation.
After the astonishing ordeal, Hill continued to the stadium where he started for the Dolphins, even scoring a touchdown during the 20-17 Week 1 victory, which he celebrated by performing a handcuffed gesture.Â
News of Hill’s detainment has sparked outrage online, with ESPN host Stephen A. Smith hitting out at the ‘unnecessary’ incident on Sunday morning and drawing comparisons with golf star Scottie Scheffler’s infamous arrest in Kentucky earlier this year.
Smith wrote on X alongside a video of Hill being placed in cuffs on the ground: ‘Look for yourself. This is b.s. Totally unnecessary.
‘And btw…., I know the Scottie Scheffler incident was in Georgia — not Florida — and he was arrested, detained, booked. I also know we don’t know all the details, blah….blah…..blah! But he wasn’t faced down on the ground in cuffs? Then forcibly sat down again by officers a second time. Nah! This story isn’t going away — and it doesn’t need to.’
The Dolphins confirmed their player was safe and with his teammates at the stadium in a statement later on Sunday morning ahead of the game kicking off.Â
The team’s statement read: ‘This morning, WR Tyreek Hill was pulled over for a traffic incident about one block from the stadium and briefly detained by police. He has since been released.
Hill, who lined up for the Dolphins in their season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars , was seen being cuffed by police in videos circulating on social media
The wide receiver scored an 80-yard touchdown hours after being pinned by police in Miami
The 30-year-old mimicked him being detained as a celebration after scoring a long touchdown
‘Several teammates saw the incident and stopped to offer support.
‘Tyreek and all other players involved have safely arrived to the stadium and will be available for today’s game.’
Despite his client being released, Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has described the incident as a ‘heartbreaking situation’ which was ‘completely unnecessary’ and suggested they will take action.
Rosenhaus also branded his client’s brief detainment as ‘mindboggling’.
‘I’m very distraught about it,’ he told Darlington on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown. ‘We’re going to have to look into it.’
On what Hill told him after the incident, Rosenhaus revealed: ‘He said he was driving into the stadium, the police stopped him, took him out of the car and basically at that point got rough with him.’
The Dolphins receiver pictured with wife Keeta, whom he married in November of last year
‘It’s a legal situation so I’ve got to be careful not to get into too many details,’ he continued. ‘But he was entering the stadium when all of this happened. All the extra stuff that happened just seems, from my perspective, completely unnecessary.
‘I’m very distraught about it, I was greatly worried about Tyreek. But thank god when I got there the situation was calming down.’
Hill is entering his third season with the Dolphins after joining from the Kansas City Chiefs back in 2022.
The five-time First-team All-Pro helped Kansas City win the Super Bowl in 2020 but is yet to enjoy the same success over in Miami.
