Player Dossier

2019-2021

Notre Dame

Kyle Hamilton

S • 6'4" • 219 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kyle Hamilton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

91

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Kyle Hamilton built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a safety from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 14, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Kyle Hamilton's career was his defensive production: 138...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9699

Marist School · Atlanta, GA

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 14
Overall
No. 14
NFL Team
Baltimore Ravens

Kyle Hamilton, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Notre Dame. Kyle Hamilton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
138
TFL
7.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
17
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Kyle Hamilton quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · S
Career Tackles
138
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Georgia Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · Marist School · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Marist School · 24 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 1 · Pick 14 · Baltimore Ravens
Latest roster
No. 14 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
34 tackles · S 177th (top 35%) · FBS Independents 69th (top 22%) · National 1,205th (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame132-0--044.6
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame133910-6244.6
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame11710-1065.7
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame11563.5026065.7
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame73420-4046.7

Related Context

Kyle Hamilton played S for Notre Dame. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kyle Hamilton recorded 138 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 14.5 primary output with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

37

Usage

9

Consistency

50.7

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. Alabama: 2. Duke: 2. Florida State: 1. Louisville: 1. Pittsburgh: 0.5. Georgia Tech: 3. Clemson: 2. Boston College: 1. North Carolina: 0. Syracuse: 0. Clemson: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama: 7 by 49.2. Duke: 7 by 49.2. Florida State: 8 by 43.3. Louisville: 5 by 30.8. Pittsburgh: 2 by 13.3. Georgia Tech: 6 by 55. Clemson: 8 by 53.3. Boston College: 3 by 22.5. North Carolina: 6 by 25. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 10 by 61.7

Split Comparison

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Wins1.2 · Games = 9 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Tech

Best efficiency game

61.7 vs Clemson

Result
Fri 1/1@ AlabamaSplash gameL 14-3176101
Sat 12/19vs Clemson10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-341060011
Sat 12/5vs SyracuseW 45-2111000
Fri 11/27@ North CarolinaW 31-1765000
Sat 11/14@ Boston CollegeW 45-3131001
Sun 11/8vs ClemsonSplash gameW 47-4088101
Sat 10/31@ Georgia TechSplash gameW 31-1365201
Sat 10/24@ PittsburghW 45-3210.5000
Sat 10/17vs LouisvilleW 12-755001
Sat 10/10vs Florida StateW 42-2688000
Sat 9/12vs DukeSplash gameW 27-1375001

Player Story

Kyle Hamilton story

Kyle Hamilton built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a safety from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 14, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Kyle Hamilton's career was his defensive production: 138 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Notre Dame. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kyle Hamilton's production has multiple signals. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Kyle Hamilton moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Notre Dame

    2019-2021

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Season Value Progression

20192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame1121.63.5
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1121.63.50
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame14.53793.5
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame14.53790
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame933.15.4-5.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia Tech

Week 9 · W 31-13

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Purdue

Week 3 · W 27-13

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Clemson

Week 16 · L 10-34

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Alabama

Week 1 · L 14-31 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

72 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.

#5

vs Virginia Tech

Week 10 · W 21-20

2

Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Notre Dame

14.5 primary output · 37 efficiency · 9 usage

65.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Notre Dame

65.7

14.5 primary · 37 efficiency · 9 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Notre Dame

46.7

9 primary · 33.1 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

12

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games