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Kenny Pickett, Damar Hamlin Joke About Midseason Fight

Former Pitt Panthers Kenny Pickett and Damar Hamlin joke about the late hit from last season.

Stephen Thompson

Kenny Pickett, Damar Hamlin Joke About Midseason Fight
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PITTSBURGH -- The fake slide he pulled off in the 2021 ACC Championship Game, which led to the first score of the historic night for the Pitt Panthers, is still getting Kenny Pickett into trouble long after his college days are over. 

When Pickett was making his first start for the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road against the Buffalo Bills, he tried to slide and avoid a hit at the end of the play but his old Pitt teammate, Damar Hamlin, had the fake slide fresh in his mind and wasn't going to let it beat him. 

"So I slid and he hit me late and I just got up and was like 'Come on, man,'" Pickett said during an appearance on former Steeler Ryan Clark's podcast, The Pivot. "Because I've known Damar for so long. We've been going at it for a long time. ... Every day at practice, we'd go at it."

Pickett might have been upset for a second but once Hamlin replied, he couldn't help bu laugh. 

"So I get up and [Hamlin] says to me 'I was worried about the fake slide!'," Pickett said. "I was like 'Get the f*** out of here.'"

Hamlin responded again on Twitter, saying "I'm sorry brother but I was not about to be the next victim."

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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