An Irish Brotherhood: How Alohi Gilman Saved Kyle Hamilton

An Irish Brotherhood: How Alohi Gilman Saved Kyle Hamilton

When Kyle Hamilton was a freshman struggling to make the college adjustment, senior captain Alohi Gilman shepherded him. Now Hamilton is returning the favor.

By Ryan Mink

In Kyle Hamilton's first college football practice for Notre Dame, he intercepted three passes. When he got back to his dorm that night at Culver Academy, he was "miserable."

Had it not been for Fighting Irish senior captain Alohi Gilman, Hamilton's football career may have taken a dramatic turn. The Ravens also wouldn't have a safety duo with so much chemistry.

Hamilton jokes that Gilman "talked him off a ledge." It wasn't that dramatic, but Hamilton may have left Notre Dame had it not been for Gilman. From there, who knows how things would have turned out.