Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Alabama
Shaun Dion Hamilton
LB • 6'0" • 235 lbs • Montgomery, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Shaun Dion Hamilton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
84
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Player Story
Shaun Dion Hamilton built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 20, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Shaun Dion Hamilton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 23
- Overall
- No. 197
- NFL Team
- Washington
Shaun Dion Hamilton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Alabama. Shaun Dion Hamilton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 104
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Shaun Dion Hamilton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · LB
- Career Tackles
- 104
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Alabama
- Top game
- Florida State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Carver · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Carver · 27 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 6 · Pick 23 · Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · LB 358th (top 33%) · SEC 107th (top 18%) · National 998th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Alabama | 12 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Alabama | 9 | 40 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51.4 |
Related Context
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Shaun Dion Hamilton played LB for Alabama. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shaun Dion Hamilton recorded 104 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Alabama paired 15 primary output with 34.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Alabama
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
31.8
Usage
6.9
Consistency
36.1
Best Game by takeover score
Florida State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 4.5. Fresno State: 0. Colorado State: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Ole Miss: 2.5. Texas A&M: 0. Arkansas: 3. Tennessee: 0. LSU: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida State: 8 by 78.3. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 6 by 25. Vanderbilt: 5 by 30.8. Ole Miss: 3 by 37.5. Texas A&M: 5 by 20.8. Arkansas: 6 by 55. Tennessee: 3 by 12.5. LSU: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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First Half1.6 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida State
Best efficiency game
78.3 vs Florida State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/5 | vs LSU | W 24-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Tennessee | W 45-7 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs ArkansasSplash game | W 41-9 | 6 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Texas A&M | W 27-19 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | vs Ole MissSplash game | W 66-3 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Vanderbilt | W 59-0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Colorado State | W 41-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Fresno State | W 41-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Florida StateSplash game | W 24-7 | 8 | 5 | — | 3.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Shaun Dion Hamilton story
Shaun Dion Hamilton built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Montgomery, AL wearing No. 20, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Shaun Dion Hamilton's career was his defensive production: 104 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Alabama. 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 Shaun Dion Hamilton's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Shaun Dion 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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Alabama
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Alabama | 15 | 34.7 | 8.1 | 15 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Alabama | 12 | 31.8 | 6.9 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida State
Week 1 · W 24-7
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
92.8 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 92.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Ole Miss
Week 3 · W 48-43 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
@ Arkansas
Week 6 · W 49-30 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Arkansas
Week 7 · W 41-9 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#5
vs USC
Week 1 · W 52-6
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Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Alabama
15 primary output · 34.7 efficiency · 8.1 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Alabama
51.4
12 primary · 31.8 efficiency · 6.9 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Alabama
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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