Bobby Hamilton is a career quality starter — a pass rusher whose body of work places Hamilton in the top half of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Hamilton's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Bobby Hamilton

Top 33% all-time pass rushersHigh-End Starter🌅 Early Bloomer · 2001

Height6'5"

Weight285 lb

BornJul 1, 1971

Age55

CollegeSouthern Mississippi See College Stats

Rookie yr

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
1996	25	NYJ	11	—	49	32	—	—	—	4.5	4.5	0	—	1	1	—	—
1997	26	NYJ	16	—	24	13	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	0	—	0	0	—	—
1998	27	NYJ	1	—	21	13	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	0	—	—
1999	28	NYJ	3	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2000	29	NE	16	—	61	23	38	6	2	1.5	9.5	0	5	0	1	0	0
2001	30	NE	16	—	36	15	21	10	8	7.0	25.0	0	5	0	1	0	0
2002	31	NE	13	—	37	16	21	5	2	2.0	9.0	1	2	0	—	0	0
2003	32	NE	16	—	32	16	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0
2004	33	OAK	15	—	44	22	22	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	3	0	—	0	0
2005	34	OAK	13	—	35	29	6	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	4	1	2	0	0
2006	35	NYJ	13	—	24	13	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0
2007	36	CLE	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	134	—	368	196	136	21	12	18.5	51.5	1	23	2	6	0	0

Career Value · VORP

41 career value over replacement — #2298 all-time of 4,649. 4.6/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

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No production recorded1994–1995

1994–1995: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	VAL
1996	25	NYJ	11	—	49	32	—	—	—	4.5	4.5	0	—	1	1	—	—	9
1997	26	NYJ	16	—	24	13	—	—	—	1.0	1.0	0	—	0	0	—	—	5.3
1998	27	NYJ	1	—	21	13	—	—	—	0.0	0.0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—
1999	28	NYJ	3	—	4	3	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
2000	29	NE	16	—	61	23	38	6	2	1.5	9.5	0	5	0	1	0	0	8
2001	30	NE	16	—	36	15	21	10	8	7.0	25.0	0	5	0	1	0	0	13.5
2002	31	NE	13	—	37	16	21	5	2	2.0	9.0	1	2	0	—	0	0	7.1
2003	32	NE	16	—	32	16	16	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	—	0	0	7.3
2004	33	OAK	15	—	44	22	22	0	0	1.5	1.5	0	3	0	—	0	0	8
2005	34	OAK	13	—	35	29	6	0	0	1.0	1.0	0	4	1	2	0	0	7.3
2006	35	NYJ	13	—	24	13	11	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.1
2007	36	CLE	1	—	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
Career			134		368	196	136	21	12	—	—	1	23	2	6	0	0	70.6

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 56 · Strong Starter

A strong starter career by KV-H: a well-rounded profile that scores 56 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 9 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 56 × longevity 1 = KV-H 56· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 54

On-field 35.9

Availability 18.1

On-field production Staying available

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

1996bestavg 54

Sacks career shape vs similar edge/defensive ends

1996-2005

Peak-aligned view: center line is each player's best Sacks season; left/right show build-up, staying power, and decline. Comparison set uses same-position, overlapping-era comps when available.