Tyreek Hill's agent Drew Rosenhaus speaks out after Dolphins WR detained: 'Mind-boggling to me'
Tyreek Hill’s agent Drew Rosenhaus spoke out after the Miami Dolphins wide receiver was detained Sunday ahead of the season opener.
As Rosenhaus said on ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown, the whole situation was “mind-boggling.” Hill was reportedly pulled over for a traffic violation and cited for reckless driving.
Rosenhaus spoke at length live from the stadium regarding Hill’s detainment.
“It’s a heartbreaking situation,” Rosenhaus said. “Obviously, I love Tyreek. I hated to see him in the situation he was in with the police. He is going to play today. Number one, he’s okay. Number two, he’s going to play. Number three, apparently got a ticket for moving violation entering the stadium. How things escalated into the situation that they were in handcuffs and being held on the ground with police is mind boggling to me.
“I’m deeply concerned by that, very troubled. We will be looking into it, we will be investigating this, we will look out for Tyreek, but I’m not going to make any allegations at this time. The most important thing is Tyreek is okay. Physically, mentally, he was very distraught about what happened. Tyreek has told me over and over, he’s a big supporter of police. He was telling the police there, I want to be a police officer in the future. But this is crazy. I’ve never seen anything like this.”
ESPN’s Jeff Darlington then asked Rosenhaus what was relayed to him by Hill.
“Well it was all happening in real time,” Rosenhaus said. “He said he was driving into the stadium. The police stopped him, took him out of the car, basically, at that point, got rough with him, and from my estimation, was completely unnecessary.
“You’d mentioned the whole Scottie Scheffler thing that you saw. I have to assume this is a similar situation, but we’ll see how it plays out. I’m just thankful Tyreek is okay and he was given a moving violation ticket, and he’s going to focus on the game, and then we’ll address this afterwards. I just want to make sure my client’s treated fairly.”
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Drew Rosenhaus speaks after Tyreek Hill detainment
Rosenhaus didn’t want to speculate as to why Hill was pulled over and simply described what he was told.
“It’s a legal situation, so I got to be careful not to get into too many details,” Rosenhaus said. “But he was entering the stadium when all 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. The Dolphins got involved. The head of security, Drew Brooks, did a great job. I think that Tyreek is going to be fine today, but we’re going to have to look into this. I want to make sure he wasn’t mistreated.”
Rosenhaus was not able to speak to police at this point after Hill was detained and released.
“And so for that reason, I’m not getting into too much about that,” Rosenhaus said. “But there were police there, and the ones that I dealt with were cooperative, but obviously there were others that were not. So I hope we can look into this after the game. I wanted Tyreek to concentrate, do what he needs to do, and then we’ll pursue this afterwards.”
It is also unknown how long Hill was in handcuffs after being pulled over.
“I’m not sure, but however long is too much, that’s completely unnecessary,” Rosenhaus said. “He obviously wasn’t doing anything that warranted that type of treatment. It’s mind boggling to me. I’m going to state a shot to see what happened …
“I don’t want to bring anybody into it, but I did see Calais Campbell and Jonnu Smith, two veteran leaders, and they were very concerned about what was happening to Tyreek. I won’t speak for them, but I’m grateful for them for going to help Tyreek and get involved … I think we’ll see him on the field here shortly in warm ups.”