Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2020Pittsburgh
Damar Hamlin
DB • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Mckees Rocks, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Damar Hamlin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40 disruption score.
Impact Production
88
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Player Story
Damar Hamlin built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive back from Mckees Rocks, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Damar Hamlin's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Pittsburgh
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 28
- Overall
- No. 212
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Damar Hamlin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Damar Hamlin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 284
- TFL
- 10
- Passes defended
- 21
Quick Answers
Damar Hamlin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Pittsburgh · DB
- Career Tackles
- 284
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Miami
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central Catholic · Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Central Catholic · 42 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 6 · Pick 28 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 66 tackles · DB 21st (top 3%) · ACC 20th (top 3%) · National 131st (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 2 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 45.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 9 | 41 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.8 |
| 2018 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 13 | 81 | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 52.8 |
| 2019 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 12 | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 56.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 12 | 71 | 2 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 56.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 66 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 55.3 |
Related Context
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Damar Hamlin played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 5 tracked seasons, Damar Hamlin recorded 284 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Pittsburgh paired 13.5 primary output with 40.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 33.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
33.5
Usage
7.2
Consistency
51.3
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Stanford: 2. UAlbany: 1. Penn State: 1. Georgia Tech: 2. North Carolina: 1. UCF: 0. Syracuse: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Duke: 0. Virginia: 1. Wake Forest: 1. Miami: 0. Clemson: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stanford: 4 by 36.7. UAlbany: 2 by 18.3. Penn State: 1 by 14.2. Georgia Tech: 7 by 49.2. North Carolina: 8 by 43.3. UCF: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 14 by 50. Notre Dame: 9 by 37.5. Duke: 5 by 20.8. Virginia: 9 by 47.5. Wake Forest: 7 by 39.2. Miami: 8 by 33.3. Clemson: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia Tech
Best efficiency game
50 vs Syracuse
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12/31 | vs StanfordSplash game | L 13-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 12/2 | vs Clemson | L 10-42 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/24 | @ Miami | L 3-24 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Wake Forest | W 34-13 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/2 | @ Virginia | W 23-13 | 9 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Duke | W 54-45 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Notre Dame | L 14-19 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Syracuse10+ tackles | W 44-37 | 14 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ UCF | L 14-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ North Carolina | L 35-38 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Georgia TechSplash game | W 24-19 | 7 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | vs Penn State | L 6-51 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs UAlbany | W 33-7 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Damar Hamlin story
Damar Hamlin built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a defensive back from Mckees Rocks, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Damar Hamlin's career was his defensive production: 284 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 21 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Damar Hamlin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Pittsburgh
2016-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 0 | 16.7 | 2.3 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 2 | 21.2 | 4.8 | 2 |
| 2018 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 9 | 33.5 | 7.2 | 7 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 9 | 33.5 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 13.5 | 40.1 | 6.7 | 4.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 13.5 | 40.1 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 12.5 | 40 | 6.2 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Miami
Week 7 · L 19-31 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia Tech
Week 3 · W 24-19 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Syracuse
Week 8 · W 27-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 1 · W 34-30 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Boston College
Week 14 · L 19-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh
13.5 primary output · 40.1 efficiency · 6.7 usage
56.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
56.8
13.5 primary · 40.1 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
55.3
12.5 primary · 40 efficiency · 6.2 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
10
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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