Iowa State head men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has announced the plans to redshirt a pair of freshmen for the 2023-24 season.
JT Rock and Jelani Hamilton will sit out their initial year in Ames.
Rock, the youngest player on an NCAA Division I men’s basketball roster this season, reclassified and enrolled a year early at Iowa State. The Sioux Falls, S.D. native was a four-star recruit and ranked in the top 100 by all three national outlets.
Hamilton, a four-star recruit from Marietta, Ga., was ranked No. 111 in the country by Rivals.
