Cobi Hamilton Used The Signing Bonus to Buy Cows For The Family Farm

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'He's as country as country can be,' the agent of this Steelers' wideout explained

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Hamilton arrived in the NFL after hauling in 90 passes for 1,335 yards and five touchdowns during his senior year at Arkansas. He grew up in the small town of Nash, Texas, and when he was short on money during college, his family would sell a cow. Yes, you read that right. And Hamilton repaid that debt after he received his $94,000 signing bonus from the Bengals following the '13 draft. "He took every single dollar of that bonus and, when people were buying cars, he replaced every cow his mom and dad sold to help him in college," Hamilton's agent, J.R. Carroll, told Rutter. "The only thing Cobi did was bought back his horse that he had sold in high school for $300."

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"He's as country as country can be," Carroll said. "When he signed with Pittsburgh, I checked in with him on that Friday night. He had found a cow sale and was watching cows get sold. If you check his Instagram page, it's all football, horses and cows."

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