Tyreek Hill is looking to do something no player has ever done: Win the NFL MVP Award as a wide receiver.
Hill is currently +750 at Caesars to take home the trophy, the fourth-best odds on the board at the sportsbook.
The Miami Dolphins superstar trails a trio of quarterbacks — Brock Purdy (+140), Dak Prescott (+175) and Lamar Jackson (+600) — in an MVP race that is far from decided.
Through 14 weeks, Hill has 1,542 yards through the air and 12 touchdowns for the AFC East-leading Dolphins.
If Hill keeps this pace, he’ll become the first player to break 2,000 yards receiving and beat out Calvin Johnson’s single-season yards record.
Even after a lackluster night from Hill and the Dolphins, losing 28-27 to the Tennessee Titans in an epic collapse on Monday night, the West Alabama product remains in the race.
But it’ll take a history-defying vote — and likely, an even more dominant finish to the season — for Hill to prevail.
Quarterbacks have won the award in each of the last 10 seasons since running back Adrian Peterson won it in 2012.
Since 1998, when Randy Moss received four votes, only one wide receiver — Cooper Kupp in 2021 — has garnered an MVP vote at the position.
A non-quarterback or running back has won the award just three times since the award was initiated in 1957.
Without a true favorite, though, Hill could sneak in for the win.
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Purdy, Prescott, Jalen Hurts, Patrick Mahomes and Hill’s teammate Tua Tagovaiola, among others, have all been MVP favorites at one point or another this season.
And yet, a player like Hill are still in the mix.
He’s still on the outside looking in for now, but if no quarterback pulls away, Hill might end up with as good of a chance as any.
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