Keith Hamilton ranks in the all-time elite tier for pass rushers — a career that places Hamilton in the top 10% of all players at the position. The Knox value model assigns Hamilton a career score of 73, reflecting sustained impact that most players at the position never approach.

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Keith Hamilton

Top 10% all-time pass rushersIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000

Height6'6"

Weight295 lb

BornMay 25, 1971

Age55

CollegePittsburgh See College Stats

Rookie yr1992

Draft1992 · Rd 4, Pick 99 · NYG

Archetype Intelligence

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A high-end edge rusher defined as much by excellent availability over their career as by their on-field impact (top 10% all-time). Coaches and teammates could count on them being available.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 221 · #311 · Elite

Worth 221 points of value above a freely-available replacement interior lineman — top 8% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 11 of 12 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +20.1 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

11 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

+20.1

Avg surplus

peak +38

11 seasons × ~20.1 surplus ≈ VORP 221

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

1 grid split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1992	—	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	—	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.5	11.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1994	—	NYG	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995	—	NYG	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996	—	NYG	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1997	—	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1998	—	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.0	7.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	—	NYG	14	—	39	20	19	8	5	4.0	17.0	0	3	1	2	0	0
2000	—	NYG	16	—	42	27	15	11	10	9.0	30.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2001	—	NYG	10	—	31	15	16	9	7	6.0	22.0	0	3	0	—	0	0
2002	—	NYG	5	—	8	5	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0
2003	—	NYG	13	—	33	19	14	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	1	0	—	0	0
Career		—	165	—	153	86	67	30	22	62.0	114.0	0	9	1	2	0	0

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1992	21	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5	3.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.8
1993	22	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.5	11.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	18.4
1994	23	NYG	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.5	6.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	13.4
1995	24	NYG	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	2.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.8
1996	25	NYG	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0	3.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	8
1997	26	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.0	8.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.5
1998	27	NYG	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.0	7.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3
1999	28	NYG	14	—	39	20	19	8	5	4.0	17.0	0	3	1	2	0	0	10
2000	29	NYG	16	—	42	27	15	11	10	9.0	30.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	14.7
2001	30	NYG	10	—	31	15	16	9	7	6.0	22.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	10.9
2002	31	NYG	5	—	8	5	3	2	0	0.0	2.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	2
2003	32	NYG	13	—	33	19	14	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	1	0	—	0	0	7
Career			165		153	86	67	30	22	—	—	0	9	1	2	0	0	127.8

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 73 · Great

A great career by KV-H: a peak-driven profile that scores 73 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 12 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 71.2 × longevity 1 = KV-H 73· confidence 97%

What builds the career mark of 66

On-field 48

Availability 18

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

1992bestavg 63elite 702003

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 31% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

31% of the all-time Sacks leader31

1 category ≥25% of the all-time leader33

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 91%.

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average defensive linemen aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl9Solo6Ast3TFL1Sk0.5Dis1.5PD2

College Stats

PittsburghCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Pittsburgh), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

1992 Draft Class· this player went #99

#80Jeremy LincolnDB #81Thomas McLemoreDE #85Rodney CulverRB #86Craig EricksonQB #88Ricardo McDonaldOLB #94Charles DavenportWR #97Dwight HollierMLB #98Roy BarkerDT #100Michael BankstonDE #102Casey WeldonQB #103Edgar BennettRB #104Frankie SmithDB #105Tony McCoyDT #107Will FurrerQB #115Craig ThompsonTE #119Dexter McNabbRB

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Keith opened the New York Giants DL lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Michael Strahan (1993–2007).

Keith Hamilton 1992–2003Michael Strahan 1993–2007Chad Bratzke 1994–1998Robert Harris 1995–1999Cornelius Griffin 2000–2003Kenny Holmes 2001–2003

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2003final season
Last recorded season with NYG
1992draft
Drafted by NYG — Round 4, Pick 99

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'6" / 295 lb

Frame

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 12-season peers. See all →

peak 79

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

B1992

A1993

B+1994

C+1995

C+1996

B+1997

B+1998

B1999

B+2000

B+2001

F2002

C+2003

Availability

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
1992	3.5	0.2	3-0.5	0.2
1993	11.5	0.7	11-0.5	0.6
1994	6.5	0.4	7+0.5	0.4
1995	2	0.1	2	0.1
1996	3	0.2	3	0.2
1997	8	0.5	8	0.5
1998	7	0.4	7	0.4
1999	4	0.3	4	0.2
2000	9	0.6	8-1	0.5
2001	6	0.6	10+4	0.6
2002	0	0	0	0
2003	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:draft_picks, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

221 career value over replacement — #311 all-time of 4,642. 18.4/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #99 (Rd 4) · NYG · 1992 · +34.3 vs expected KV-H

73actual

38.7 expected · Δ+34.3

💔+30.9 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Career Aging Trajectory

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

1992 Draft Class· this player went #99

Franchise Succession

Similar Players

Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Knox

Era Translator

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