By: Jared Oliver also affiliated with The Signal
Former big running back recruit will not be returning next season
The 2014 season is about to come to a close for Georgia State football. Among with the end of the season will mean many players, predominantly seniors, will depart from the team. Among those departures will be freshman running back Krysten Hammon.
Earlier in the season, it was stated that he asked for his release, which brought up many unanswered questions regarding his departure Although he is leaving, Georgia State would like to wish him luck in the future with his plans.
However, questions have been unanswered along with confusion. Why would a top recruit true freshman ask for a release after having two productive games rushing for almost 200 yards combined?
Earlier in the season, The Signal made a pair of attempts to reach Hammon to share his thoughts regarding his release. He initially agreed to talk before unexpectedly backing out of both interviews, in which we were willing to let him control the interview and topics discussed.
Following the second conversation, which was short and animated, we decided to clarify and make sure that we had the correct number for Hammon’s contact information. We took the procedure of calling sports writer Jeremy Johnson (who Hammon initially decided to do an interview with) to match the phone number he had with mine, since he has spoken with Hammon before. We were under the impression that we may have had the wrong number, but that was not the case.
Moments later after the phone call Hammon decides to mention a tweet, and states a claim that he is not doing any interviews. Hours later, Hammon decided to delete the tweet, but it was too little too late.
Listening to several anonymous sources around him, this probably would not come as a surprise from several of his teammates. Initially, it was stated that Hammond decided to transfer.
Why would a true freshman decide to transfer after for rushing for about 200 yards and two touchdowns after two games? Doesn't make sense right? Hammon was suspended for the Air Force game as well and did not travel with the team to Seattle for their first road game of the season at Washington.
After extensive research and listening to anonymous sources, Hammon had decided to walk off the field during one of the practices. We were told that Hammon had made an error on the field during practice the coaches may yell at him.
Coaches yell at times towards players to emphasize urgency and productivity. However, to Hammon's defense, there is a certain line that coaches should not cross with players. According to researched information, Hammon did not like the coaches’ retaliation, so he would act in manners that disrespected the coaches' authority by having a bad attitude. Following these incidents, we were told that Hammond was kicked off of the team.
Over time, one can say this was the alleged “conduct detrimental to the team." It was unfair to the fans and alumni of Georgia State, as well as his own fans, plus former players to know and understand why one the best running backs on the team decides not to be a part of the team after rushing for almost 200 yards in two games.
Although, we do not have the concrete facts of the story, we attempted to submit an ORR (open records request) was asked for in regardings of this particular situation. Following our request, we were told that there couldn't be access to these documents because of FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html.
This act is a system that protects the educational information of students or student athletes in Hammon’s case.
We never requested any of his academic standings or records whatsoever. We requested the email records of coaches of the football team and from the interim athletic director, Bharath Parthasarathy. We also asked Parthasarathy about a FERPA waiver most athletes at major colleges and universities sign. To this day, there has been no response back.
On the interviews, we never hassled Hammon into doing either interview. If he was uninterested in doing either interview, he could have said so initially.
However, we would like to wish the Texas native the best as he continues his career.
Hammon is a talented back out of Dickinson, Texas that averaged 262.2 yards per game. He rushed for 459 yards with five touchdowns in a single game. According to his twitter, he received offers from different schools immensely. Recently Hammond has posted an official offer from North Dakota State as well as mentioned one from Arizona State.
Former big running back recruit will not be returning next season
The 2014 season is about to come to a close for Georgia State football. Among with the end of the season will mean many players, predominantly seniors, will depart from the team. Among those departures will be freshman running back Krysten Hammon.
Earlier in the season, it was stated that he asked for his release, which brought up many unanswered questions regarding his departure Although he is leaving, Georgia State would like to wish him luck in the future with his plans.
However, questions have been unanswered along with confusion. Why would a top recruit true freshman ask for a release after having two productive games rushing for almost 200 yards combined?
Earlier in the season, The Signal made a pair of attempts to reach Hammon to share his thoughts regarding his release. He initially agreed to talk before unexpectedly backing out of both interviews, in which we were willing to let him control the interview and topics discussed.
Following the second conversation, which was short and animated, we decided to clarify and make sure that we had the correct number for Hammon’s contact information. We took the procedure of calling sports writer Jeremy Johnson (who Hammon initially decided to do an interview with) to match the phone number he had with mine, since he has spoken with Hammon before. We were under the impression that we may have had the wrong number, but that was not the case.
Moments later after the phone call Hammon decides to mention a tweet, and states a claim that he is not doing any interviews. Hours later, Hammon decided to delete the tweet, but it was too little too late.
Listening to several anonymous sources around him, this probably would not come as a surprise from several of his teammates. Initially, it was stated that Hammond decided to transfer.
Why would a true freshman decide to transfer after for rushing for about 200 yards and two touchdowns after two games? Doesn't make sense right? Hammon was suspended for the Air Force game as well and did not travel with the team to Seattle for their first road game of the season at Washington.
After extensive research and listening to anonymous sources, Hammon had decided to walk off the field during one of the practices. We were told that Hammon had made an error on the field during practice the coaches may yell at him.
Coaches yell at times towards players to emphasize urgency and productivity. However, to Hammon's defense, there is a certain line that coaches should not cross with players. According to researched information, Hammon did not like the coaches’ retaliation, so he would act in manners that disrespected the coaches' authority by having a bad attitude. Following these incidents, we were told that Hammond was kicked off of the team.
Over time, one can say this was the alleged “conduct detrimental to the team." It was unfair to the fans and alumni of Georgia State, as well as his own fans, plus former players to know and understand why one the best running backs on the team decides not to be a part of the team after rushing for almost 200 yards in two games.
Although, we do not have the concrete facts of the story, we attempted to submit an ORR (open records request) was asked for in regardings of this particular situation. Following our request, we were told that there couldn't be access to these documents because of FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act). http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html.
This act is a system that protects the educational information of students or student athletes in Hammon’s case.
We never requested any of his academic standings or records whatsoever. We requested the email records of coaches of the football team and from the interim athletic director, Bharath Parthasarathy. We also asked Parthasarathy about a FERPA waiver most athletes at major colleges and universities sign. To this day, there has been no response back.
On the interviews, we never hassled Hammon into doing either interview. If he was uninterested in doing either interview, he could have said so initially.
However, we would like to wish the Texas native the best as he continues his career.
Hammon is a talented back out of Dickinson, Texas that averaged 262.2 yards per game. He rushed for 459 yards with five touchdowns in a single game. According to his twitter, he received offers from different schools immensely. Recently Hammond has posted an official offer from North Dakota State as well as mentioned one from Arizona State.