DaeSean Hamilton

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2017: 53 catches, 857 receiving yards, 9 TD.

WR · Penn State · #5

6′1″ · 206 lb · Fredericksburg, VA

Denver — drafted 2018, Rd 4, Pick 13, #113 overall

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 429 nationally · Signed with Penn State

Statement game9 rec · 122 yds · 3 TDvs Indiana (FBS) · W 45-14

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2017: 53 catches, 857 receiving yards, 9 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2013.
Drafted round 4 by the Denver in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 2,842 receiving yards — drafted at #113 overall by Denver.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 165 yds at UCF.UCF · W 26-242014

2013

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Mountain View

2018

Drafted by Denverround 4, pick 113

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#429 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #113

Denver · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 9th NFL season

#113Rd 4 · Pick 13

DenverEntering 9th NFL season

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2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under James Franklin — 36-17 over that span.

2014Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec tds (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: rush yards (21st percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec TDs#22 / 539 · 95th pct

Rec yards#54 / 539 · 90th pct

857

Receptions#90 / 539 · 83rd pct

Yards / catch#108 / 539 · 80th pct

16.2

Long catch#284 / 539 · 46th pct

Rush TDs#54 / 283 · 41st pct

Rush yards#220 / 283 · 21st pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.5	74.0	16.6	0.9
Road5g	3.4	53.0	16.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	68.0	18.6	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	63.5	14.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Penn State	53	857	16.2	9	--
2016	Penn State	34	506	14.9	1	--
2015	Penn State	45	580	12.9	6	--
2014	Penn State	82	899	11.0	2	--
Career		214	2,842	13.3	18	--

Season	Team
2017	Penn State	1	2	--	--	--
2016	Penn State	1	-12	--	--	--
2015	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Penn State	8	32	--	--	--
Career		10	22	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 35–28

vs Washington

5 rec · 110 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Washington at home in a shootout.

With T. McSorley — 342 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.4 · 60 rush yds (12 car) · S. Barkley — 137 rush yds (18 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week