Damar Hamlin
_(cropped).jpg) Hamlin in the 2019 Quick Lane Bowl | |||||||||||
| No. 3 – Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Safety | ||||||||||
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| Born: | 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 | |||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2022 | |||||||||||
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Damar Romeyelle Hamlin[1] (born March 24, 1998) is an American football player. He plays as a safety for the Buffalo Bills.
Early life
[change | change source]He grew up in McKess 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
[change | change source]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]
The NFL suspended the game. At 10 p.m., the game was postponed (delayed).[11]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "2020 Football Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ "2021 NFL Draft: Buffalo Bills draft Pittsburgh S Damar Hamlin with 212th pick". Buffalo Rumblings. SB Nation. May 1, 2021.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Farmer, Sam (January 2, 2023). "Bills safety Damar Hamlin in critical condition after receiving CPR on field". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ↑ Planalp, Brian. "Bengals-Bills game suspended, Bills' Damar Hamlin in critical condition". Fox19 Now. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Baker, Kendall (January 3, 2023). "NFL postpones Bills-Bengals game after Damar Hamlin collapses on field". Axios. Retrieved January 3, 2023.