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Height: 6033 (verified)
Weight: 305lbs (verified)
Year: Senior
Scouting Overview
Rutgers Scarlet Knights defensive tackle Kyonte Hamilton projects as a developmental defender on the interior. In 2024, Hamilton made a significant leap in his play, finding more disruption and precision in his hand usage to deconstruct pass sets and create pressure.
Hamilton is a well-tenured player with enough functional athleticism to carve out a role in a defensive rotation. The stoutness of his play would ideally be developed to better prep him for run defending at the NFL level and offering some appeal for multiple fronts.
2025 NFL Combine Results
DNP
Positives
- Nimble build with light feet for his stature to shift momentum or cross face
- Wrestling background is apparent with body control when engaged with blockers
- Growth with hand usage to drop hands and capture an edge
Negatives
- Bit of a one-year wonder as a pass rusher despite significant playing time in 2022 and 2023
- Often aligned in the A-gap without boasting the ideal extension and anchor to hold the point
- Lacks explosiveness as the rep builds to play through contact
Background
Hamilton is from District Heights, MD, and played high school football for Georgetown Prep. He was a successful football talent who also collected accolades as a championship wrestler. He was ranked as a 3-star recruit (247 Sports) and signed with Rutgers after his senior season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a true freshman in 2021, Hamilton played in all 13 games before assuming a starting role for the Knights in 2022. He would start 12 games that season while posting five starts in 13 games as a junior in 2023.
Hamilton’s best season came as a senior in 2024 when he logged 13 starts between tackle and end while more than doubling his career pressure totals. He was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten for his performance that season.
Ideal Scheme Fit, Role
Hamilton projects as a bottom-of-the-roster defender as a rookie, but could be worth developing thanks to his wrestling background and athleticism. He’s best served as a developmental gap shooter unless he can develop better point-of-attack block deconstruction against the run.
Grade: 69.50/100.00, Sixth Round Value
Big Board Rank: 226
Position Rank: IDL26
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