According to ESPN\u2019s Mike Reiss,<\/a> Hill\u2019s three-year deal with the Patriots<\/a> is worth up to $18 million.<\/p>\n Hill struck a deal with the Patriots shortly after the NFL\u2019s free agency signing window opened on Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET. The North Carolina native made his decision to sign with the Patriots after hitting the open market in 2026 as an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n Hill previously signed a three-year, $2.7 million deal with the Miami Dolphins in 2023 as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n The 25-year-old went for 140 yards on 15 receptions in 2025. Hill also registered a 75 percent catch rate for the Dolphins last season. His career-highs in all three of those departments added to his value in free agency. Hill heads to New England on the most lucrative contract of his career in 2026.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a> Follow Patriots Wire on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 12, 2026, 8:15 p.m. ET Details of tight end Julian Hill\u2019s deal with the New England Patriots…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[95878,7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,96851,96852,95882,95892,95893,110753,95896,96854,95888,95899,95906,96177,95883,95894,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-809616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-new-england","11":"tag-new-england-patriots","12":"tag-newengland","13":"tag-newenglandpatriots","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-patriots","16":"tag-sstssportsnflpatriots","17":"tag-sstsnpatriots","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagespn-inc","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagjulian-hill","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnew-england-patriots","24":"tag-tagnfl","25":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","26":"tag-tagoverall-positive","27":"tag-tagsmg-breaking-wire","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagtwitter","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116220715040414829","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773387272_433_86371878007-cardis-1.jpg\")