Former safety at Notre Dame. 2021: 3 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.
6′4″ · 219 lb · Atlanta, GA
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 60 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former safety at Notre Dame. 2021: 3 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 34 tackles.
Kyle Hamilton
Erases the deep middle of the field. He has spent three seasons in the Notre Dame secondary. He has been named All-America (Consensus) two seasons running, most recently in 2021. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Virginia Tech — Week 6, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Notre Dame, 138 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2021) — drafted at #14 overall by Baltimore.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2021)
4 first-team selectors
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brian Kelly.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
BaltimoreEntering 5th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Brian Kelly — 32-6 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: interceptions (90th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Selector Grid · 2021
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 34 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 63 | 51 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 41 | 27 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | -- |
| Career | 138 | 97 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 17 | 8 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021
W 41–13
at Wisconsin
2 SOLO · 3 TOT
Dominant 28-point win on the road against Wisconsin.
With J. Bramblett — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 72 LONG · C. Tyree — 6 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-38@ Florida State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 32-29vs Toledo | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-13vs Purdue | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 41-13@ Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-24vs Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 32-29@ Virginia Tech | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-16vs USC | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to J'Marick Woods’s 2021 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Daymion Sanford's junior season at Texas A&M (2024).
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