UNC OL Tommy Hatton Retires from Football

Posted Jan 10, 2018
UNC guard Tommy Hatton announced his retirement from football due to medical issues related to multiple concussions. The redshirt sophomore started eight games in 2016. Hatton was working with the first team at left guard in training camp last August before suffering a concussion – his fourth – that put him in the hospital and forced him to miss the 2017 season. (Inside Carolina)

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