Kyle Hamilton

“But I do not make those decisions, so I will sit back and watch, like a good fan.”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton acknowledged he does not control college football decisions and will watch as a fan.

“Yeah, I kind of hate where college football is headed, honestly. Just, I think the NIL is kind of getting kind of exploited, and 24 teams in a playoff. I don't think there's 24 teams that can win a championship,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton told OutKick he is frustrated with the direction of college football amid playoff expansion and NIL changes.

“There's been a lot happening, some flukey stuff, some unlucky stuff, that kind of is just how the football season goes sometimes. But, I think we still have the capability to win games, and that's most important, no matter what's going on within the building, outside the building, we just need to win games cause winning solves a lot of problems. So, I think we're still built to do so, and we're hopefully gonna go on a run soon here,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Amid a four-game losing streak and quarterback injuries, Hamilton said the Ravens remain capable of winning.

“I had it for six months. I was the first wave, I guess, of NIL, and that's when it was truly name, image and likeness. I would do like an apparel deal for like 1500 merch and be ecstatic, and it was awesome,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton described his early NIL experience at Notre Dame, when compensation was modest.

“Week 1, Week 18, Super Bowl, preseason, there's a standard that needs to be upheld and that's something that we could get better at. So, we need to get better at upholding the standard. I don't even think we need to change who we are, but just get better at doing us.”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton said the Ravens defense must uphold a consistent standard regardless of the situation.

“Yeah, I don't really like the notion that you should like pick it up a notch as a defense if something happens on offense, cause you should have already been at that notch, I think, in my opinion. Like you should play the same way no matter what's going on,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton rejected the idea that the defense should elevate its play in response to offensive injuries.

“I think we have to take the emotion out of it. I'm sure Jesse will feel happy about getting a win against his old team, but, you know, we need to approach this game like any other game and, go out and get a win.”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton said the Ravens should treat the game against head coach Jesse Minter's former team like any other.

“I think the tournament is its own thing. I understand like baseball has the College World Series and basketball has March Madness, but football is just a different sport. Like asking kids to do spring ball, do summer workouts, do that, and then like perform their best going into the draft, combine prep, like it's kind of unfair,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

The former Notre Dame star said a 24-team playoff would be unfair to football players given the sport's physical demands.

“Nowadays, kids are getting like millions of dollars. I don't want to sound like a hater, 'cause they're getting paid, and I'm glad they are, but if that's the case, there needs to be a salary cap or something, so that it's fair for all the teams,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton said he supports college athletes being paid but believes a salary cap is needed for fairness.

“The Toyota partnership has not only put me in different opportunities to help the community, but I mean, it's put me in opportunities to just meet great people. Everybody at the company has been great to me ever since I've partnered with them, and it's been a seamless partnership and, all the work they do in community just aligns right with my values too,”

Kyle Hamilton · said 2026-11-09 · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton praised his Toyota partnership for creating community and personal opportunities aligned with his values.

“I mean, that kind of just happens naturally through camp and, you know, playing against Lamar Jackson in practice, but I think, yeah, the NFL and just football in general is very humbling games, so it'll, it'll happen at some point,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton said the NFL naturally humbles rookies who arrive with large NIL payouts.

“I think the significance is two teams who really need a win at this point. I think if you ask pretty much anybody, um, if this game, the combined record would be what it is before the season, nobody would say it is [what it is], but that's why the games need to be played. It's the NFL and anything can happen any given Sunday, and the games still need to be played,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton said the Week 10 matchup against the Chargers is significant because both teams badly need a win.

“It's also funny when guys have to get up to saying, they have to say the name, school, signing bonus, and their NIL money, what they made at NIL, so that's kind of a new thing that's going around the league,”

Kyle Hamilton · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton noted that NFL rookies now sometimes announce their NIL earnings, a recent trend around the league.

“Yeah, it was pretty cool and meant a lot. I've, I've done a lot of work with the Boys and Girls Club over the years and, um, it's always great seeing kids who remind me so much of myself when I was at the Boys and Girls Club, even at such a young age, and um to be an NFL player and uh have the opportunity to partner with Toyota and everybody that's helped me get to this point. And it's, it's always pretty cool to come back and see the looks on their faces and be able to interact with them,”

Kyle Hamilton · said 2026-11-09 · reported 2026-11-11

Hamilton spoke at a Boys & Girls Club event partnered with Toyota about giving back to the community.