He’s known at the fastest player in the NFL.
Now he wants to challenge the world’s fastest man to a footrace.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who was named the best player in the NFL by the NFL Network, maintained he could beat Noah Lyles, who won the 100-meter dash at the Paris Olympics, in a sprint in an interview on “Up & Adams.
Hill, who was responding to comments Lyles made about NBA champions not being world champions, took umbrage.
“Noah Lyles can’t say nothing after what just happened to him,” Hill said. “Then he want to come out and pretend like he’s sick. I feel like that’s horseradish. For him to do that and say that, like we’re not world champions of our sport, let’s speak on what you know about and that’s track.”
Tyreek Hill defends NBA and NFL players against Noah Lyles and calls him out for pretending to be sick
“I would beat Noah Lyles (in a race).”
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Adams then asked Hill if he wanted to race Lyles.
“I would beat Noah Lyles … I wouldn’t beat him by a lot but I would beat Noah Lyles. When I beat him, I’m going to put on a COVID mask and let him know I mean business.”
Lyles made headlines for winning a bronze medal at the Olympics while having COVID.
Hill then unleashed two more posts on his social media stoking a potential competition.
“I like me in a race 2028 I’m running,” he wrote on X in addition to a photo of himself in a track uniform.
Lyles did not appear to respond to Hill’s challenge.
It’s reported that Hill ran a 10.19 in the 100 when he was in high school. Lyles’ time in the 100 at the Olympics was 9.79.