Furman University

Honors & Awards
2025 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2024 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2024 — Played in 10 games, all as a reserve...caught nine passes for 43...most productive performance came against Chattanooga (4 receptions, 28 yards), which also included a season best 13-yard grab...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year.

2023 — Appeared in one game (VMI) as a reserve...accorded redshirt and extra year of eligibility...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2023-24 school year.

High School: 2023 graduate of Shelby (2A) High School...played wide receiver...football coach was Mike Wilbanks...caught 62 passes for 899 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior in 2022 on team that finished 7-5...earned all-conference and all-state honors...represented North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl...credited with 49 receptions for 933 yards and 11 touchdowns his junior year on squad that went 15-1 and won state championship with 55-34 triumph over Wallace Rose Hill...also starred in basketball.

Personal: Full name is Ja’Keith Daquan Hamilton...born April 24, 2005, in Shelby, North Carolina...son of Iris and Rufus Hamiton...has two siblings, Ja’Mya Hamilton and Ja’Quaylan Woodruff...undeclared major.