Kyle. How are you? Congratulations. On all your
success and before we get to it all the best on, what's going
to be
a crazy week for you.
Hey, appreciate it. Thanks for having me on. I've been doing
well. I was a joke.
We've been doing good. We've been good, not as good as
you're going to be doing. But, you know, you're in a weird
spot because your life is going to change dramatically tomorrow
night and you have no idea what direction it's going to go. And
what's your mindset?
Is your a day away
from basically finding out? It's like, it's like pulling
your name out of a hat. You're going to find out what city
you're moving to tomorrow night.
Right. I mean it's kind of like you're in purgatory right now.
Just waiting, but
now it's been fun and my process. My thought my mindset
going into Marlow's. Probably just
I'm happy. Wherever I go, wherever I get paid, I'm gonna
go make a difference and I'm ready to get to work at this
point.
Call. Do you pay attention to mock drafts at all? Like does
that have mean anything to you, in terms of giving you a sense
for where you might end up?
Definitely not. There's too many mugged as too many
opinions out there and
too many opinionated people and
the only being that stuff. Don't look at it.
Try to just stay down my path and
do what I can control the controllables.
You are a safety and a receiver in high school. And guys, your
size. 64, 220, great weapons. It receiver what Drew you to
the defensive side of the ball at the college level.
I was like hitting people.
I feel like it's ha ha.
I really hate to get hit
and then communication was as we receive every time
communicate too much as a safety. You have to be so
connected with everything on the defense and it just calls
for you to do more, but it's more rewarding at the end. That
was that.
Okay, but you can also come from a basketball family,
right? Your dad played professionally, your brother
played collegiately what Drew you to football, more than
basketball. Was it just the hitting people part?
That's something to do with it, but I would say just
camaraderie like
basketball is one of those things. You're, you can have
some other team that goes and gets 40 or 35 at night and it
wouldn't most games
football. You have one of the best running backs in
the country and but no, align doesn't matter. So how many
Force
like relationships and you are forced to create these bonds
and get along and order to succeed. And it's very
rewarding at the end of the day when it does click. And that's
probably what you're doing most to it.
I didn't see your name. Kyle on the list of the guys that
accepted the invitation to go to Las Vegas. Where will you be
tomorrow night? Set the scene for us. What are you going to
be doing? Once they start calling out the names from
the podium
surprise. I will actually be in Las Vegas.
I had and I am going. You are going,
you are going. All right. Well, that's that's a development.
Yeah. Yeah.
Do you have your fit all ready for it?
I do my do
barely not allowed to say too much about it, but I can tell
you that it is navy blue and it will happen stretch, but
I won't look like a Yankee.
Why don't you want to look like a Yankee? Do you not want to
look like a Yankee? Do you not like the Yankees?
I feel like we're being a little topic.
I
know.
So I've been working with July the past few months to salvage
a process,
just working. And using the July Labs, exfoliating bar
been using that the past few weeks. He's it today brother
used again tomorrow at he looking fresh for the draft,
but now has company LP want to work with,
I think their leader in their area. I want to be a part of
it, and
they keep me constantly, keep me fresh and it's been, it's
been a great relationship so far.
Yeah, I having been at Notre Dame. What do you think about
Marcus Freeman taken over the program and the direction that
he's going to put those guys in.
I think he's very, very relatable and he's very
calculated and knows exactly what he's doing. He's a very
hard worker and guys around at me like players.
It's easier to take Chris's and
coaching from a guy like that, that, you know, who's been
through it. He's been through the rigors, have the same
struggles and same difficulties that you guys because he played
on a house, they played in the NFL.
And so having somebody like that who's younger, relatable?
I think kind of creates an environment
and around the facility, where people
Morale is probably a little higher.
You're on the brink of a major change in your life and it's
required a lot of work and preparation. What's the best
advice Kyle that you've gotten as you approach this moment?
The best advice I've gotten
stay off social media
throughout this process.
It's there's nothing but bad stuff out there. Even the good
stuff. Like, you shouldn't be looking at it and I have not
made my life so much easier
this day and age, it's crazy how much
stuff goes on social media, how much influence people have. But
I've done my my due diligence and stayed all good.
That's a good way to probably go about life, especially on
Twitter.
When I've heard that people talk about you and say that
there's a real good chance that you could end up being the best
player in this draft. What do you think? When you hear
something like that?
I completely agree.
I feel like my talent speak for himself and
all the work that I put in but not by accident. And
I feel like I've built up the reputation and have made enough
plays to say that with confidence and for people to
believe it,
a lot of teams believe that and I did it myself. So I think it
all starts with confidence, but not every day. I feel like I am
Cows seem like a very smart guy. Very analytical guy.
I suspect you've sat down and looked at Round 1 and you have
an idea when that window is going to open
for you. When you think the range is, you want to share
with us when when we should be expecting to hear Kyle,
Hamilton's name.
As we asked you guys
have no clue. I have zero idea
day before I thought I'd have a better understanding of
the gist of it, but I'm still, I'm still in the dark. So I'll find
out when you guys find out, but no matter where it is. No
matter who is to,
I'm excited and I plug them to make the most opportunity.
I can't wait to see what usual media.
Well, that's true,
and he's proven it. If he doesn't know, if you stay off
social media, how would, you know where you're going to be
drafted? So, so good plan.
Great career so far. We wish you all the best Thursday night
and Beyond Kyle Hamilton, and thanks for some of your time,
and thanks to Gillette for making you available.