Tyreek Hill, one of the NFL’s most recognizable receivers, jumped into the weeklong internet circus surrounding Daejon Love — the California man accused of pretending to be a San Francisco 49ers wide receiver while defrauding women out of more than $1.3 million.
In a video recorded from the driver’s seat of a car and circulating widely Wednesday, Hill leaned into the bit rather than issuing a dry denial.
“People want to know if I know Daejon Love,” Hill said. “To be honest, that’s my boy. We used to train together. He really was nasty though.”
He did not stop there. In the same clip, Hill added that Love ran “like a 4.2” in the 40-yard dash — elite, even by NFL standards — and suggested he would “help and refer him my lawyer.”
Tyreek Hill cleared the air on if he actually knows who Daejon Love is:
“To be honest, that’s my boy. We used to train together… he really was nasty though.” pic.twitter.com/w5rj6FKAw7
— Polymarket Football (@PolymarketBlitz) September 2, 2026
The delivery was deadpan. The context was not.
Why Hill’s name was in the case at all
Federal prosecutors say Love spent years building a fake NFL résumé to win women’s trust. A criminal complaint unsealed last week says Love recorded videos claiming he trained in the offseason with Hill and former NFL receivers Antonio Brown and John Brown, then used those supposed workouts to explain why NFL teams were inviting him to try out.
“Love claims that since he exercised with these players during the offseason, he received invitations to try out with NFL teams,” the complaint states. Love then told at least one woman that “San Francisco was the best team out of all of those teams and they offered me the most money.”
There is no public evidence that Hill ever trained with Love. Love has never appeared on any NFL roster.
That is the joke Hill was telling: the accused impostor had already written Hill into the story, so Hill decided to finish the script.
According to the U.S. attorney’s office in Oregon, Love, 35, and Taylor Jamie Chan, 18, began the operation around February 2022. Love met most of the women on dating apps, including Tinder, Bumble, Hinge and Facebook Dating. He presented himself as a 49ers player or a wealthy real-estate investor, sometimes using aliases such as Jon Love, Avril Lyto Love and Jordan Love. Chan posed as his financial adviser.
Prosecutors say the pair then pitched nonexistent investments, displayed fabricated bank and brokerage balances, and hosted three-way video calls in which Chan vouched for the returns. Some women wired money. Others took out personal loans. When the money ran out or the questions got sharper, Love cut off contact.
Financial records show about $1.3 million moved from 26 identified victims in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. The FBI says it believes there are “many more victims.”
Love and Chan were arrested Aug. 24 at Boise Airport in Idaho. Both are charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A criminal complaint is an accusation. Both men are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
