#48

Kyonte Hamilton

Former defensive lineman at Rutgers. 2024: 4 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

DL · Rutgers · Sr. · #48

6′4″ · 304 lb · District Heights, MD

CFB Index 64 · #127 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceHouston — drafted 2025, Rd 7, Pick 8, #224 overall

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1154 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Rutgers. 2024: 4 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2021.
Drafted round 7 by the Houston in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 5 sacks — drafted at #224 overall by Houston.

His career

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

20219 games

Signed with Rutgers3-star out of Georgetown Preparatory

2025

Drafted by Houstonround 7, pick 224

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1154 national

CFB

College

Rutgers

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #224

Houston · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 2nd NFL season

#224Rd 7 · Pick 8

HoustonEntering 2nd NFL season

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2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Greg Schiano — 23-28 over that span.

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

64Quality starter #127 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (93rd percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#177 / 2892 · 93rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#571 / 2892 · 78th pct

5.0

Tackles#1275 / 2892 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1521 / 2892 · 46th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	0.4	0.4	0.0
Road6g	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.5	0.4	0.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #127 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #127 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Rutgers	32	14	5.0	4.0	1	--	--
2023	Rutgers	28	8	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Rutgers	22	8	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Rutgers	21	9	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		103	39	10.0	5.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 26–19

vs Minnesota

1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Kaliakmanis — 240 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.8 · -19 rush yds (3 car) · J. Anderson — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 44-7vs Howard	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 49-17vs Akron	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 26-23@ Virginia Tech	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-18vs Washington	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	L 7-14@ Nebraska	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-42vs Wisconsin	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 32-35vs UCLA	4	2	1.5	1.5	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-42@ USC	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 26-19vs Minnesota	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-17@ Maryland	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 31-38vs Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 41-14@ Michigan State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 41-44@ Kansas State	4	2	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		32	14	5.0	4.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology