| Devery Hamilton | |
| Position: | Offensive tackle |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lbs: | 311 |
| High School: | Gilman (MD) |
| College: | Stanford (2016–2019) Duke (2020) |
| Undraftedyear: | 2021 |
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| Statseason: | 2023 |
| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 9 |
| Pfr: | HamiDe00 |
Devery Bernard Hamilton Jr.[1] (born April 19, 1998) is a German and American professional football offensive tackle. He played college football at Stanford and Duke and was signed by the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent in .
Hamilton was born on April 19, 1998, in Stuttgart, Germany to an African-American father and German mother.[2] [3] He lived there until he was 9 years old, when his family moved to Maryland.[4] He was "big" for his age, and several people said that he would be a good football player, although he didn't even know what the sport was.[4] "A few people would say that and I was like, I really don't know what it is," Hamilton said.[4] "Then I saw an ad for a football team when I was at the barber shop and asked my dad, 'can you call and see if I can get into this? I want to try it.'"[4]
Several years later, Hamilton was a star football player at Gilman School in Baltimore, earning four varsity letters and all-state honors in the sport. He was named a four-star prospect by Scout.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports. Scout.com ranked him the 10th-best offensive tackle nationally.[4]
After graduating from high school, Hamilton committed to the University of Michigan, but then swapped his commitment to Stanford, despite agreeing to play for the Michigan Wolverines.[5] As a freshman with the Stanford Cardinal in 2016, he did not see any action.[1] In 2017 as a sophomore, he earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors while playing in 12 games.[1]
In his junior season, 2018, Hamilton started six games, three at left guard, two at right guard and one at left tackle while earning second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors.[1] He started in the first four games of the 2019 season before suffering a season-ending ankle injury.[6]
Hamilton transferred to Duke for the 2020 season.[7] In one season with the school, he started all 11 games and helped block for an offense that averaged 397.7 yards of offense per game.[6] Although he had a remaining year of eligibility in 2021, he decided to declare for the NFL draft.[8]
After going unselected in the 2021 NFL draft, Hamilton was signed by the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent.[9] He was released on August 6, but re-signed on August 23.[10] [11] He was waived on August 30, as part of the final roster cuts.[12] The following day, Hamilton was signed to the Raiders' practice squad.[13] He was released from the practice squad on September 24.[14]
Hamilton was signed to the practice squad of the New York Giants on October 13, 2021.[15] On January 10, 2022, he was signed to a reserve/future contract by the Giants.[16]
Hamilton impressed in the 2022 training camp and made the final roster as New York's ninth offensive lineman.[17] [18] He made his NFL debut in week one against the Tennessee Titans. On November 14, 2022, he was waived and the next day he signed to their practice squad.[19] [20] On November 23, he was promoted to the active roster, then waived two days later and re-signed back to the practice squad.[21] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 22, 2023.[22] He was waived/injured on August 15.[23]
On January 17, 2024, Hamilton signed a reserve/futures contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.[24] He was waived on August 26.[25]