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Damar Hamlin Buffalo Bills · #3

Safety · 6' 0", 200 lbs · Mckees Rocks, PA · Age 28

Damar Hamlin is a Safety for the Buffalo Bills, drafted 212th overall, 2021. In 2026 he recorded 7 tackles.

SafetyDrafted 212th overall6-yr veteran
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Buffalo Bills · #3 · Safety
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Season avg7 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg192 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
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0sacks
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Scouting report

Damar Hamlin — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Damar Hamlin is a Safety for the Buffalo Bills, drafted 212th overall, 2021. In 2026 he recorded 7 tackles.
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Coverage
C
Ball skills
C
Run support
C-
Coverage
Average · defense
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Ball skills
Solid · defense
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Tackling
Solid · defense
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Splash plays
Solid · defense
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C+
Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Damar Hamlin stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1147 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
92Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Damar Hamlin — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling
7 TKL
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Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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Coverage
0 PD
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Splash
0 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Damar Hamlin

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
1
pd
-1–3
0
int
0–1
18
tackles
-17–53
0
ff
0–0
6
games
2–10
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 6-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 0 → projected 1 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+0.8 pd
Everything it reads
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6 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 28 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 14 / 5 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Damar Hamlin career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
20211422000
202215912011.5
2023520000
202414895200
2025510000
2026 in progress · 4 games470000
Career571929211.5
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Buffalo Bills built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

12–5proj record
86off index
99def index
+51net
95%playoff odds
60roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades A- (86), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 78, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 12–5 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Damar Hamlin

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1998-03-24

The beginning

Damar Hamlin is a Safety for the Buffalo Bills, in his 6th NFL season.

Buffalo Bills

Turning pro

Drafted 212th overall, 2021 as a Safety.

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Damar Hamlin is a Buffalo Bills safety, drafted 212th overall, 2021.

Chapter

Across 6 seasons (2021–2026) he has recorded 192 tackles, 2 sacks and 2 interceptions.

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Most recently he posted 7 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2026.

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 0"
Weight
200 lbs
Draft
212th overall, 2021
Born
Mckees Rocks, PA
Age
28
Jersey
#3
Background

Damar Hamlin is from Mckees Rocks, PA and is 28 years old. He was drafted 212th overall, 2021 and plays safety at 6' 0", 200 lbs.

Over 6 seasons (2021–2026) he has recorded 192 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. Hamlin is currently on the Buffalo Bills roster.

The person

Damar Hamlin is a rotational starter in the secondary who has recorded 192 tackles with 2 interceptions and 9 passes defensed across 6 seasons (2021–2026).

Coverage production2 career interceptions and 9 passes defensed.
Tackling192 career tackles from the secondary.
Playmaking1 forced fumbles and 1.5 sacks on the blitz.
Draft pedigree212th overall, 2021.
Durability57 career games played.
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FAQ

Damar Hamlin — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Damar Hamlin, answered.

What position does Damar Hamlin play?
Damar Hamlin is a Safety for the Buffalo Bills.
When was Damar Hamlin drafted?
Damar Hamlin was drafted 212th overall, 2021.
How many seasons has Damar Hamlin played?
6 (2021–2026).
What are Damar Hamlin's career stats?
He has recorded 192 tackles, 2 sacks and 2 interceptions.
Damar Hamlin career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Target share
0%
WOPR 0.00

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
9
since 2022
Games missed
2
listed Out
Lower-body
1
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2026 Wk4 · Ribs2025 Wk20 · Pectoral (Questionable)2025 Wk19 · Pectoral (Out)2025 Wk6 · Pectoral (Out)2024 Wk21 · Rib2024 Wk19 · Rib

Home surface: a_turf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 5 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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