All NFL wide receivers have to be very quick, but Tyreek Hill is the fastest around.
The Miami Dolphins star, nicknamed ‘Cheetah’, obviously fancies himself, given he’s challenged the current men’s 100m Olympic champion, Noah Lyles, to a race.
But with the new NFL season approaching, the questions remains just how quick is Hill?
talkSPORT.com investigates.
How quick is Tyreek Hill?
During the 2023/24 NFL campaign, the wide receiver hit top speeds of 23.24 miler per hour.
Unsurprisingly, he was the quickest player in the NFL last year.
And because he’s so rapid, he decided to challenge the current world’s fastest man to a race.
Lyles became the Olympic champion in Paris in the men’s 100m race, with a time of 9.79 seconds.
Now, Hill currently has a best 100m time of 10.19 seconds, although he did run at 9.98 in wind-assisted conditions.
And given these times, it’s interesting to see that Hill has challenged Lyles to a contest.
Speaking on Up & Adams about taking on Lyles, Hill said: “I would beat Noah Lyles.
“I wouldn’t beat him by a lot. But I would beat Noah Lyles.
“And guess what? When I beat him, I’m going to put on a COVID mask and let him know I mean business.”
That last bit refers to Lyles revealing in the aftermath of the 200m final that he had COVID.
Of course, Lyles responded, and given he hit 27.84 miles per hour in the 100m final, he doubts Hill has a chance.
Responding to the claims on Nightcap, he said: “Tyreek is just chasing clout.
“Anytime somebody fast comes up, he says he wants to race them. If he really wanted to race people, he would’ve shown up like D.K. Metcalf. The man raced in the 60m this year in the Masters division.
“The man dodges smoke. I don’t have time for that… If he’s truly serious about it – I’m not talking about you just talking on the internet and you ain’t actually coming to me and talking to my agent and saying let’s set something up – if you’re seriously about it, you’ll see me on the track.”
Hopefully, we do get to see this race one day because it would be some spectacle.
But for now, we’ll just content ourselves with knowing Hill is the fastest man in the NFL.
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