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
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
  • Second-team All-ACC (2020)
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[1] (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. [2][3]

Hamlin went to the University of Pittsburgh in 2016. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.[3]

NFL career

The Buffalo Bills chose Hamlin to play with them in the 2021 NFL draft.[4] He became a safety in 2022.[5]

On January 2, 2023, during a game Monday Night Football against the Cincinnati Bengals, Hamlin collapsed after tackling Tee Higgins.[6][7] He was given CPR for 10 minutes.[8] An ambulance took him to University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center.[9] He had gone into cardiac arrest.[10]

Hamlin with President Biden in 2023

The NFL suspended the game. At 10 p.m., the game was postponed (delayed).[11]

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.