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Devery Bernard Hamilton Jr.[1] (born April 19, 1998) is a German and American professional American football offensive tackle who is a free agent. He played college football at Stanford and Duke and was signed by the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2021.
| Personal information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born: | April 19, 1998 Stuttgart, Germany | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 311 lb (141 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school: | Gilman (MD) | ||||
| College: | Stanford (2016–2019) Duke (2020) | ||||
| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2021 | ||||
| Career history | |||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
| Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Hamilton was born on April 19, 1998, in Stuttgart, Germany to an African-American father and German mother.[2][3] He lived there until he was 9 years old, when his family moved to Maryland.[4] He was "big" for his age, and several people said that he would be a good football player, although he didn't even know what the sport was.[4] "A few people would say that and I was like, I really don't know what it is," Hamilton said.[4] "Then I saw an ad for a football team when I was at the barber shop and asked my dad, 'can you call and see if I can get into this? I want to try it.'"[4]
Several years later, Hamilton was a star football player at Gilman School in Baltimore, earning four varsity letters and all-state honors in the sport. He was named a four-star prospect by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports. Scout.com ranked him the 10th-best offensive tackle nationally.[4]
After graduating from high school, Hamilton committed to the University of Michigan, but then swapped his commitment to Stanford, despite agreeing to play for the Michigan Wolverines.[5] As a freshman with the Stanford Cardinal in 2016, he did not see any action.[1] In 2017 as a sophomore, he earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors while playing in 12 games.[1]
In his junior season, 2018, Hamilton started six games, three at left guard, two at right guard and one at left tackle while earning second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors.[1] He started in the first four games of the 2019 season before suffering a season-ending ankle injury.[6]
Hamilton transferred to Duke for the 2020 season.[7] In one season with the school, he started all 11 games and helped block for an offense that averaged 397.7 yards of offense per game.[6] Although he had a remaining year of eligibility in 2021, he decided to declare for the NFL draft.[8]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 6+5⁄8 in (2.00 m) |
311 lb (141 kg) |
33 in (0.84 m) |
10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 5.27 s | 1.74 s | 2.99 s | 4.89 s | 7.81 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) | 21 reps | |
| All values from Pro Day[9] | ||||||||||||
Las Vegas Raiders
After going unselected in the 2021 NFL Draft, Hamilton was signed by the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent.[10] He was released on August 6, but re-signed on August 23.[11][12] He was waived on August 30, as part of the final roster cuts.[13] The following day, Hamilton was signed to the Raiders' practice squad.[14] He was released from the practice squad on September 24.[15]
New York Giants
Hamilton was signed to the practice squad of the New York Giants on October 13, 2021.[16] On January 10, 2022, he was signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants.[17]
Hamilton impressed in the 2022 training camp and made the final roster as New York's ninth offensive lineman.[18][19] He made his NFL debut in week one against the Tennessee Titans.[3] On November 14, 2022, he was waived and the next day he signed to their practice squad.[20][21] On November 23, he was promoted to the active roster, then waived two days later and re-signed back to the practice squad.[22] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 22, 2023.[23] He was waived/injured on August 15.[24]
Pittsburgh Steelers
On January 17, 2024, Hamilton signed a reserve/futures contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[25] He was waived on August 26.[26]
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