Hill scores by run, pass catch and return in OT win

Published 8:39 am Monday, November 28, 2016

Tyreek Hill just got his name mentioned in the same sentence with Gale Sayers.

The Kansas City Chiefs speedy receiver/returner scored on a run, a pass reception and a kick return Sunday night to become the first player to pull off that hat trick in a game since the former Bears great in 1965, according to NFL Research.

“I just go out there and play,” Hill said after his electric performance helped Kansas City to a 30-27 overtime win over Denver. “Whatever the coaches want me to do, I am here. If the ball comes to me, I am going to make the play. I am full of speed.”

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He might have scored a few more times had the Broncos (7-4) not made shoestring tackles on the blazing game-changer. Or had they not stopped kicking his direction altogether.

“Beyond fast ,” Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston said of the rookie speedster from West Alabama.

On most nights, Houston’s three sacks — one of which led to a safety — might have made him the game’s MVP for the Chiefs (8-3). Hill rewrote that script.