Are we sure we tallied all the votes correctly?
The Baltimore Ravens are going to be very well represented in the NFL's Top-100 Players of 2025 series when it is all said and done, but this one is admittedly a bit of a head scratcher. The Ravens' star defensive back, Kyle Hamilton, was revealed to rank outside of the top-50 in this year's vote, leaving him surprisingly low on this year's list despite another phenomenal campaign in 2024.
Kyle Hamilton finished 51st in the NFL Top-100 voting
I'm not buying this landing spot and neither should you. Hamilton's teammate Kyle Van Noy said it best in the introduction to Hamilton in his announcement video — Hamilton is an "alien, avatar, one-of-one beast." Few players can offer the kind of elite versatility that Hamilton has been become known for — he's a uniquely built problem-solver on the back end of the defense.
Through three NFL seasons, Hamilton has played 749 snaps in the box, 748 snaps at free safety and 1,111 snaps in the nickel. The variety in usage has allowed Hamilton to become one of the most rare defensive weapons in the NFL. Over the past three seasons, Hamilton is one of only three defenders with 7+ sacks, 5+ interceptions, and 15+ tackles for loss on run downs:
1. Ravens LB Roquan Smith
2. Bills LB Terrel Bernard
3. Ravens SAF Kyle Hamilton
It's a hilariously good resume. Hamilton is the only safety in the NFL over the past three seasons with 50+ HAVOC plays (sacks, forced fumbles, interceptions, passes broken up, tackles for loss combined). Hamilton has 51. Houston's Jalen Pitre and Tampa Bay's Antoine Winfield Jr. have 46 and 45, respectfully.
All of this goes to say that Hamilton is in rare company. And the assertion that there would be 50 better players than him in the NFL entering 2025 is a little off the mark. Is there any chance we can take another vote and try again?
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