Columbia University Athletics

2022

NFF Hampshire Society Inductee … Played in eight games … Compiled 13 tackles … Had three tackles against Wagner … Registered career-high five tackles at Marist.
 
2021

Saw action in eight games with one start as a junior linebacker and on special teams … Listed as a backup linebacker on the depth chart … Finished the year with eight tackles (four solo) and one tackle for loss for four yards … Missed the Princeton and Dartmouth games … Tied a career-high with three tackles (two solo) with one tackle for loss for four yards in first career start and season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Tied a career-high with three tackles (one solo) vs. Brown (Nov. 13) … Made one tackle (solo) vs. Harvard (Nov. 6) … Made one tackle in the season opener vs. Marist (Sept. 18).
 
2020

Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
2019

Saw action in four games as a first-year linebacker and on special teams … Made one tackle on the year … Saw action in four games: at Cornell (Nov. 23), Brown (Nov. 16), at Dartmouth (Oct. 25) and at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21) … In first career game, made an assisted tackle at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21).
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A 2019 graduate of Coffman High School in Dublin, Ohio, where he lettered three years of football for head coach Mark Crabtree … Two-time Ohio Capital Conference Second Team selection in 2017 (outside linebacker) and 2018 (middle linebacker) … Honorable Mention Central District selection as a senior middle linebacker in 2018 … Played safety, rover/outside linebacker, defensive back and middle linebacker … Named team captain as a senior … Made 110 tackles, six tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, broke up three passes and forced a fumble during senior year in 2018 … Led the Rocks to an 11-2 overall season, Ohio Capital Conference title, state playoff appearance and regional runner-up finish as a senior … Finished with 60 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, intercepted three passes, broke up two passes, registered a sack and a pick-6 during his junior year … Led the Rocks to an 8-3-2 record, state playoff appearance and the Ohio Capital Conference championship as a junior.
 
PERSONAL

Born Ryan Alan Hamilton on November 25, 2000 in Ventura, Calif. … Son of Corey and Michelle Hamilton … Has an older brother Jack, who is a football player at Ohio State … Father Corey played football at Baldwin-Wallace College (1978-82) … Great grandfather Merrill Hagan played football at Oregon (1925-29) … Both parents earned master’s degrees from Ohio State University … Father is a fitness center administrator … Cousin Megan Gaughn played volleyball at Columbia and is a 2013 graduate of Columbia College … Nickname is Hami or Ham … Favorite home-cooked meal: tater tot casserole … Hobbies and interests include working out, Netflix and hanging out with friends … Began playing football in the fourth grade … Chose Columbia because of the advantage to be exposed to the educational opportunities from a world-class institution while also playing football … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Political Science.