College football is entering dangerous territory as more and more of its stars are opting out of post season bowl games to begin training for the NFL combines if they feel they are prospects.
Latest to bail out are Notre Dame junior first team All American safety Kyle Hamilton and Kyren Williams, the team’s leading rusher, who both chose to declare for the NFL draft and will not to play in the Jan. 1 Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State. We get it where the 6-4, 220-pound Hamilton is concerned. He is a potenial top 10 pick in the NFL draft who is coming back after missing the last five games of the regular season with a knee injury. Williams, who was the Irish’s most productive offensive player in 2021 with 1,002 yards rushing and 14 touchdowns with 42 catches for 359 yards and three touchdowns, is also thinking about his future.
The list is growing in a sport that has evolved into a business decision for the best players.
Dick Weiss is a sportswriter and columnist who has covered college football and college and professional basketball for the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Daily News. He has received the Curt Gowdy Award from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and is a member of the national Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He has also co-written several books with Rick Pitino, John Calipari, Dick Vitale and authored a tribute book on Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski.
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