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PlayerKyle Hamilton · S, Baltimore Ravens, Model Score 94.2Be the Ravens GM

Kyle Hamilton

Baltimore Ravens
Pos S
Updated October 8, 2026

Model Score

94.2 MODEL
2022
74.5
2023
93.0
2024
91.7
2025
91.7
2026
94.2

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Two Pro Bowls plus back-to-back 1st-team All-Pros (2023, 2024) plus the 2023 tier 1 (#3) STTM peak plus the Notre Dame 14th overall draft pedigree establishes Hamilton as one of the elite safeties of his generation. The 2026 question is whether Hamilton earns his third Pro Bowl plus returns to tier 1 territory or whether the structural mid-career instability returns.

Hamilton came out of Notre Dame as the Baltimore Ravens' 1st-round pick (14th overall) in 2022 after earning 2021 Bednarik Award finalist nod. He has made two Pro Bowls (2023, 2024) plus earned back-to-back 1st-team All-Pro selections (2023, 2024). His STTM career runs tier 1 (#3) in 2023, tier 2 (#9) in 2024, and tier 2 (#12) in 2025.

Strengths

  • Two Pro Bowls plus back-to-back 1st-team All-Pros (2023, 2024) plus 2023 tier 1 (#3) STTM peak establishes elite S career résumé.
  • Notre Dame 14th overall draft pedigree plus four years of NFL elite production gives him the rare championship-pedigree elite career foundation.

Concerns

  • 9-spot regression from tier 2 (#9) in 2024 to tier 2 (#12) in 2025 plus continued multi-year volatility flags the structural mid-career instability.
  • Baltimore's broader defensive identity around the Roquan Smith primary anchor role puts continued Hamilton production partly dependent on team-fit.

What to watch: Whether Hamilton earns his third Pro Bowl in 2026 plus holds tier 1 (top 5), the threshold for confirming the All-Pro ceiling can be sustained.

Comps

Overall match
size, testing and production, same career stage
Famous comp
names you know, same point in their careers (around year 4)
Built like
measurables only, his size
Coming out

One of one. No NFL player had a college career this close. Closest: Derwin James ’18 (53%).

Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 6 starters, 7 backups, 5 didn't stick.

Kyle Hamilton Injury StatusQuestionable

Kyle Hamilton is listed Questionable (Groin), reported Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Kyle Hamilton Stats This Season · 4 games

0
INT
3
Pass Deflections
61.1%
Comp % Allowed
8.4
Yds / Target
0
TD Allowed
19
Solo Tackles

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 14 · Baltimore Ravens · 2022
Notre Dame (FBS Independents)
Taken
#14
where he actually went
Our college model
#39
among S in our college data
In college · 2019-2021 · 35 games
8 INT, 17 pass breakups, 138 tackles, 8 TFL

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

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