Wrestling Kyonte Hamilton drops wrestling, will focus on football

[Richie O]

TheKnightReport - Two-Sport star Kyonte Hamilton stops wrestling, will focus on football

Two-sport star Kyonte Hamilton gives up wrestling, will instead focus on solely on football.

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[LETSGORU91]

Bummer but kind of expected. Need the full court press on Mullen now.

 

[njsportsphan]

Boooo

 

[Legendary Irish]

Let’s see how it goes. Kids change their minds. Football is his focus now but let’s see in November if he still feels the same way.

 

[bluemountain1967]

Smart decision. That is where his future is.

We lack a big man coach and workout partners. Leonardis was Hamilton's main recruiter and the coach that would be working with him. Leo is no longer around the program. Can we get him back? Otherwise, hope Pollard has a good relationship with Mullen.

 

[MS-RU]

Not surprising at all.... we all saw the writing on the wall here since he is developing into a legit football prospect. Best of luck to Kyonte and now it makes the need for Mullen even greater.

 

[newRU]

Someone open a QB debate room and leave it open. If a player makes announcement like Hamilton did, we can discuss it. If folks want to talk about a QB, head to that thread. Seems like the right move for Hamilton, so good for him and I think great for the football program.

Hamilton was rated a two star football player, despite being a five star wrestler, always seemed dumb to me. Seems to have a bright bright football future.

 

[koleszar]

Once he hit the two deep, although some didn't want to believe it, you knew his wrestling career was over. The same thing happened with Meekins.

 

[SCNJ]

I think Kyonte would have stuck around longer if his football development didn’t accelerate so quickly. He’s going to get a ton of time this season. Would be cool to see him thrive and play at the next level. His dad was always cool here. Hope he still comes around once in a while.

 

[rubigtimenow]

I remember only 1-2 years ago hearing that lots of college coaches would like the sport to just be a spring semester sport. To me it’s a no brainer to push back the conference and national championships to mid April to avoid March madness altogether.
My point of bringing it up in this thread is fairly obvious, if the season ended 4-6 weeks later, you could possibly get 2 sport stars in football and wrestling. Almost no chance with the way they overlap now.

 

[SCNJ]

I remember only 1-2 years ago hearing that lots of college coaches would like the sport to just be a spring semester sport. To me it’s a no brainer to push back the conference and national championships to mid April to avoid March madness altogether.
My point of bringing it up in this thread is fairly obvious, if the season ended 4-6 weeks later, you could possibly get 2 sport stars in football and wrestling. Almost no chance with the way they overlap now.

Agreed. Really no need for it to start in October especially with teams ducking their best wrestlers anyway.

For what it’s worth I also think it’s beyond incredibly moronic that the national wrestling tournament starts the same exact day as the national basketball tournament.

 

[wngarbarini]

Hey it is the NCAA. What do expect from them?

 

[Kyontesdad]

I think Kyonte would have stuck around longer if his football development didn’t accelerate so quickly. He’s going to get a ton of time this season. Would be cool to see him thrive and play at the next level. His dad was always cool here. Hope he still comes around once in a while.

Mine I hate it just as much as y’all believe it or not🥺 in my opinion he was a much better wrestler than football player coming into college but his LOVE was always football. We all know that wrestling is a year round sport and to be great on the mat you have to train ALL year so with that being said I did ask him if he could do me a solid and win one college wrestling tournament for me and he said he would soooooooo fingers crossed…………………

 

[wngarbarini]

Dad
He is a great kid and I would have loved to see him wrestle here but if his heart and mind is not in it, his performance will not be there. God bless him in his decision

 

[Peteras9144]

Mine I hate it just as much as y’all believe it or not🥺 in my opinion he was a much better wrestler than football player coming into college but his LOVE was always football. We all know that wrestling is a year round sport and to be great on the mat you have to train ALL year so with that being said I did ask him if he could do me a solid and win one college wrestling tournament for me and he said he would soooooooo fingers crossed…………………

This one hurts! But can't blame your son, he looked great in yr 1 (true yr 1) on the gridiron. Wish him nothing but success, and won't mind if he changes his mind to keep wrestling 😂

 

[SCNJ]

Mine I hate it just as much as y’all believe it or not🥺 in my opinion he was a much better wrestler than football player coming into college but his LOVE was always football. We all know that wrestling is a year round sport and to be great on the mat you have to train ALL year so with that being said I did ask him if he could do me a solid and win one college wrestling tournament for me and he said he would soooooooo fingers crossed…………………

We’d rather see him excel at 1 than be average at both. Ultimately he’s probably making the right decision. Like Bill said if he’s not fully mentally invested in wrestling he’s not going to succeed. I think he has a promising football career ahead of him.

 

[patk89]

Hopefully he will do really well and end up becoming a rich NFL star!

 

[Kodiak Bear]

Hopefully he will do really well and end up becoming a rich NFL star!

Yes, and maybe can save his ears! He's so good at football it's hard not to make the decision he came to.

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

Unless I misread, Mr. Hamilton's post contradicts the earlier football-only story. Is he going to wrestle or not? It will be difficult to win a tournament without the training commitment, as everyone agrees. If he gets rich in the NFL, maybe he'll be that big wrestling donor.

 

[Bobbynieds]

Mr Hamilton did not say what type of college tournament.
It could be the Mat Town open :)

 

[koleszar]

Mr Hamilton did not say what type of college tournament.
It could be the Mat Town open :)

Could be the intramurals tournament. Do they still have that? Was a blast watching a friend wrestle in it. Me and a good friend of his as well drove down from our school to watch him. Was really surprised with how many contestants they drew. Some weight classes had 16 men brackets.

 

[wngarbarini]

I wrestled in the intramurals in 1959. I won a few bouts and then got NJ State champ Richie Janish who decked me

 

[CollegeFBfan]

He’s got a shot to be playing on Sundays, I don’t blame him one bit for putting his effort into that. For purely selfish reasons I’d love to see him on the mat, but mostly I wish him the best of luck.

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

He’s got a shot to be playing on Sundays, I don’t blame him one bit for putting his effort into that. For purely selfish reasons I’d love to see him on the mat, but mostly I wish him the best of luck.

Got a shot? I thought he had his position locked up.

 

[Peteras9144]

Got a shot? I thought he had his position locked up.

On Sundays, he's talking about the NFL. He's a definite pro prospect.

 

[JudgeSmails56]

On Sundays, he's talking about the NFL. He's a definite pro prospect.

His position seems to be locked up for college Saturdays.. not Sunday’s just yet.