Family Matters Most.

“I’m extremely close to my family. My mom, she was sixteen when she had me and I just try to think about when I was sixteen years old and I just couldn’t imagine having a little boy,” Hamlin told News 4 in a 2021 interview.

“It was probably so stressful but both of my parents had my young, at sixteen and pretty much since that point they put everything they had into me to get me to where we are right now today.”

Hamlin credited much of his success to his parents.

“It was us at first, just me and my mom and my dad and they taught me hard work. They taught me you gotta work for everything you and basically they just taught me all of the lessons of life,” Hamlin said.

During Monday night's incident, Nina was reportedly pulled from the stands at Paycor Stadium to be with her son.

After attending Catholic Central High School, Hamlin decided to attend and play football at University of Pittsburgh to be close to home - and his family.