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Two sides of Kiy Hester: Nice guy off the Rutgers football field, message-sending safety on it

PISCATAWAY – Kiy Hester likes to kick back, relax and tell jokes away from the football field, but the force of the hits he is bringing to his first Rutgers spring practice is no laughing matter.

Just imagine what he might have in store when the offensive players aren’t his teammates and friends.

“As a safety, you can’t be soft. You can’t shy away from things,” Hester said. “You have to play hard. You have to be mean.

Nice guy off the field, Kiy Hester brings "the nasty out" on the #RFootball field.