Travis Kelce expects Tyreek Hill to get ‘nothing but love’ on his return to Arrowhead Stadium for Kansas City Chiefs NFL playoff game against Miami Dolphins

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said he expects former teammate and Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill to get “nothing but love” for his return to Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday night.

The Miami Dolphins will travel to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC Wild Card Round playoff game, airing exclusively on Peacock.

Hill was drafted by the Chiefs and spent six seasons with the team before being traded to Miami in March 2022.

Kelce and Hill were both integral parts of the Chiefs team that won Super Bowl LIV in 2020.

Patrick Mahomes’ duo’s catches helped defeat the Buffalo Bills in the instant-classic Divisional Round game that ultimately changed the NFL’s overtime rules in January 2022.

Hill served as Chief for six seasons before being traded to Miami for five draft picks in March 2022

“I expect KC to give him nothing but love until he puts up a peace sign or something like that, and then he might hear a few boos,” Kelce said of Hill Thursday.

“Who he was to this community, it speaks volumes. Every kid’s camp he had, he did his best to shake those hands and give those kids an experience they’ll never have again.”

“That’s why Tyreek is so loved in this town,” Kelce continued. “He will forever be loved in this city for who he was in this community off the field. Just to see it will be electric.

“He’s always one of the best players in the league when he’s on the field.”

Kelce mentions Hill’s youth football camps, which he hosted across the country, with an emphasis on Kansas City, while he was Chief.

Hill’s camps were popular with children aged 6 to 16, especially when normal life resumed following the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the summer of 2021.

Hill is a candidate for NFL MVP and is considered one of the best wide receivers in the league

One Camp Hill hosted in Columbia, Missouri, two hours east of Kansas Citywhere 700 children were present

Hill was so entrenched in the Kansas City football scene that he was an assistant high school coach at nearby Lee’s Summit North.

Kelce also mentioned Hill’s celebration of the peace sign, which the now-Dolphin retired during a 2020 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he had 269 receiving yards because defensive back Antoine Winfield couldn’t catch up to him.

I don’t expect a rematch with the then-Tom-Brady-led Buccaneers, especially not in Super Bowl LV, Winfield threw the taunt back in Hill’s face after Tampa Bay’s defense stopped Kansas City’s offense for the final time in the game.

Hill faced the Chiefs once earlier this season, a 21-14 Dolphins victory in Germany.