Damar Hamlin

Damar Hamlin
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Hamlin in 2023
No. 3 – Buffalo Bills
Position:Safety
Personal information
Born: (1998-03-24) March 24, 1998 (age 28)
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:Pittsburgh Central Catholic
College:Pittsburgh (2016–2020)
NFL Draft:2021 / Round: 6 / Pick: 212
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2022
Total tackles:93
Sacks:1.5
Pass deflections:4
Forced fumbles:1
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Damar Romeyelle Hamlin (born March 24, 1998) is an American football player. He plays as a safety for the Buffalo Bills.

Early life

He grew up in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He studied at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He played basketball and football.

Hamlin went to the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.

NFL career

The Buffalo Bills chose Hamlin to play with them in the 2021 NFL draft. He became a safety in 2022.

On January 2, 2023, during a game Monday Night Football against the Cincinnati Bengals, Hamlin collapsed after tackling Tee Higgins. He was given CPR for 10 minutes. An ambulance took him to University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. He had gone into cardiac arrest.

Hamlin with President Biden in 2023

The NFL suspended the game. At 10 p.m., the game was postponed (delayed).

References

  1. ↑ "2020 Football Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ DiPaola, Jerry (April 27, 2021). "On cusp of NFL career, ex-Pitt player Damar Hamlin enters new world of digital trading cards". Tribune-Review. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Rossetti, Antonio. "Damar Hamlin, former Pitt football star, says he's 'on the right path' with the NFL". Point Park Globe. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2021 NFL Draft: Buffalo Bills draft Pittsburgh S Damar Hamlin with 212th pick". Buffalo Rumblings. SB Nation. May 1, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bills game analysis: Damar Hamlin developing into solid starting safety". Chittenango News. November 2, 2022. Archived from the original on January 1, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ Maiorana, Sal (January 2, 2023). "Who is Damar Hamlin, Bills player taken in ambulance on Monday Night Football?". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  7. ↑ Farmer, Sam (January 2, 2023). "Bills safety Damar Hamlin in critical condition after receiving CPR on field". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  8. ↑ Planalp, Brian. "Bengals-Bills game suspended, Bills' Damar Hamlin in critical condition". Fox19 Now. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Tyler (January 2, 2023). "NFL postpones Bengals vs. Bills after Buffalo's Damar Hamlin collapses on field during 'Monday Night Football'". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  10. ↑ Yeung, Jessie; Elamroussi, Aya; Federico O'Murchú, Sean (January 3, 2023). "BREAKING: Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and is in critical condition, Buffalo Bills say". CNN. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  11. ↑ Baker, Kendall (January 3, 2023). "NFL postpones Bills-Bengals game after Damar Hamlin collapses on field". Axios. Retrieved January 3, 2023.