Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill could be on his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He’s posted five 1,000-yard seasons in his seven-year career, and was selected to the Hall of Fame’s All-2010s team at the conclusion of the last decade.
Despite his firm entrenchment in the history of the wide receiver position, Hill produced a surprising list when asked by NFL Network Tuesday to name his top five receivers of all time.
Hill chose Antonio Brown, Torry Holt, Calvin Johnson, Randy Moss and Terrell Owens as his quintet, in alphabetical order.
All five were valid choices—all but Holt and Brown, who last played in 2021, are enshrined in Canton—but Hill preemptively pointed out who his list did not include: Jerry Rice, the league’s all-time leading receiver.
“A lot of people get mad at me because I don’t put Jerry Rice in my category,” Hill said. “I love Jerry Rice—he played a long time in the NFL. He’s like the alpha of our position. He wasn’t playing in the sweet spot where I was able to watch. I was able to, in my rookie year, watch prime A.B. go out there and go for like 200 [yards].”
Indeed, Hill was just 10 years old during Rice’s final season in 2004. With Hill a legitimate threat to surpass Rice’s most productive year—1995, when the 49ers legend tallied a then-record 1,848 yards—it seems likely that the two players’ names may be mentioned together in the near future.
