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 9% all-time pass rushersIron Man🌅 Early Bloomer · 1993

Height6'6"

Weight295 lb

BornMay 25, 1971

Age

Career Value · VORP

220 career value over replacement — #317 all-time of 4,695. 18.3/season above a replacement-level DL.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #99 (Rd 4) · NYG · 1992 · +35.5 vs expected KV-H

73actual

37.5 expected · Δ+35.5

💔+30.7 stolen VORP·1.68 szns lost

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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 leader at 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: 88%.

Encyclopedia Coverage5/8 data layers

StatVault aggregates multiple open-licensed and proprietary sources into a single profile. The depth indicator above shows which layers are available for this player.

Bio & DraftBirth date, height/weight, draft round/pick, college — sourced from nflverse players.csv (CC-BY 4.0). Covers all NFL eras.

Season Stats (1999–present)Week-by-week box scores aggregated to season totals: passing, rushing, receiving, defense. Source: nflverse player_stats. Counting stats are exact; rates are derived.

Advanced (EPA, 1999–present)Not available for this player

Snap Counts (2012–present)Not available for this player

Defensive StatsMaterial defensive production only: playmaking stats, 10+ tackles, or 50+ defensive snaps. Source: nflverse player_stats and snap_counts.

College StatsCollege attribution is present, but this profile artifact does not yet carry a parsed college stat table.

NFL Combine / Pro DayNot available for this player

Proprietary LayersKV-H (Knox Value-Historical) — era-normalized career rating 0–100 calibrated within position group (1999+ coverage). SIS (Snap Impact Score, 2012+) — per-snap production z-scored within position. VORP — value over replacement player. Durability IQ — games-played percentile adjusted for era.

Where this data comes from

Modern-era stats (1999+) come from nflverse's open data releases. Pre-1999 seasons are backfilled additively from Wikipedia and NFL.com's own official season pages — never from rights-restricted sources.

nflverse — CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required
Wikipedia — Facts extracted under Feist v. Rural Telephone; courtesy CC-BY-SA attribution
NFL.com — Official league site; facts extracted under Feist, courtesy attribution

Methodology · Trust Center

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Understanding These Stats

Defense

Tkl / Solo / Ast — Combined tackles (Solo + ½ Assist). Solo = unassisted. Ast = helped by a teammate.

TFL — Tackles for loss — stops made behind the line of scrimmage (run stuffs + QB contain).

QBHits — QB hits — any legal contact on the quarterback, including but beyond sacks (hurries that land).

Sk — Sacks — tackled the QB behind the line for a loss. Half-sacks shared between defenders.

Dis — Disruption plays = sacks + QB hits + TFL. The composite pass-rush / run-stop impact stat for one season. Elite pass rushers post 30+ disruption plays per season.

Int — Interceptions caught by this defender.

PD — Passes defended — deflections and breakups.

FF / FR — Forced fumbles (stripped or jarred loose). Fumble Recoveries.

TD — Defensive touchdowns — picks, fumble returns, safeties returned.

Sfty — Safeties — tackled the ball carrier in their own end zone.

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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.

Top Teammates

Michael StrahanDE11y Howard CrossTE10y Jessie ArmsteadOLB9y Amani ToomerWR8y

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Keith inherited the New York Giants DL room from Erik Howard (1986–1994), and handed it to Michael Strahan (1993–2007).

George Martin 1977–1988Leonard Marshall 1983–1992Erik Howard 1986–1994Keith Hamilton 1992–2003Michael Strahan 1993–2007Osi Umenyiora

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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 2025 NFL — 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	10-1.5	0.6
1994	6.5	0.4	6-0.5	0.4
1995	2	0.1	2	0.1
1996	3	0.2	3	0.2
1997	8	0.5	7-1	0.4
1998	7	0.4	6-1	0.4
1999	4	0.3	4	0.2
2000	9	0.6	8-1	0.5
2001	6	0.6	9+3	0.5
2002	0	0	0	0
2003	1.5	0.1	2+0.5	0.1

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:player_stats_def, 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 8/31/2026