Ty
Hamilton.
Ty
Hamilton.
Ohio St.· 6'3"· 299 lb
"A four-year Ohio State starter who never dominated a snap and never lost one either — the fifth-round interior body every good defensive front eventually needs."Pre-draft read
A leverage-and-technique interior defender who wins with pad level and hand placement rather than mass or explosiveness. Hamilton plays with a low base, keeps his hands inside and does not get moved off the spot — the kind of three-technique who lets the linebackers behind him stay clean.
He is a functional pass rusher, not a disruptive one. The push comes from a steady bull and an occasional swim, and his 3.5 sacks in a 16-game 2024 season are an honest reflection of the ceiling. He plays hard on every snap, chases laterally and finishes plays down the line, but he does not collapse a pocket on his own and will need to be schemed into advantageous rushes.
Hamilton fits best in a multiple front defensive scheme that prioritizes penetrating interior linemen capable of disrupting both run and pass plays.
He could contribute as a rotational pass rusher and run defender in his rookie year, with the ceiling to become a versatile, scheme-diverse starting interior lineman.
A true two-gap 3-4 defense that asks linemen to consistently hold ground rather than attack upfield would diminish his disruptive traits.
His athleticism and playing style suggest he would thrive in a one-gap system, leveraging his quickness to get into the backfield.
2025 SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS: DT Ty Hamilton | Ohio State Football
Ty Hamilton | Defensive Tackle | 2024 Ohio State Highlights | 2025 NFL Draft
2024 Senior Highlights: DT Ty Hamilton | Ohio State Football
Four seasons of rotation and starting duty at Ohio State, culminating in a national championship year: 51 tackles, six tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks across 16 games in 2024, on a defensive line that played the deepest schedule in the sport.
Career totals of 113 tackles, 13 TFL and eight sacks over 55 games describe the player accurately — steady, durable, never dominant. He was a starter on a title team without ever being the reason the front worked, and that is a legitimate NFL profile at the right price. The 2024 playoff run mattered to the evaluation: four extra games against the best offensive lines in the country, and the pad level never rose.
At 6'3", 299 pounds he lacks the length teams prefer at three-technique and the mass they want at nose, which is the reason a four-year Ohio State starter lasted until pick 148. The projection is a rotational interior defender who holds up on early downs, plays 25 snaps a game and asks nothing from his superiors.
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Leverage wins
Consistently wins the leverage battle using low pads and inside hands.
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Gap integrity
Holds his gap effectively and keeps linebackers clean against the run.
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Starting experience
Has four years of starting experience at Ohio State against elite competition.
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Relentless effort
Shows relentless effort and lateral pursuit down the line of scrimmage.
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Durable and versatile
Is durable and scheme-versatile across multiple interior alignments.
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Below-average length
Has below-average length for an interior defender.
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Limited pass-rush
Has a limited pass-rush arsenal, primarily relying on the bull rush.
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Modest production
Recorded eight sacks in 55 college games.
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Lacks mass for nose
Lacks the mass needed to hold up as a full-time nose in heavy fronts.
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ohio State | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Ohio State | 13 | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | Ohio State | 13 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Ohio State | 16 | 51 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 55 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Like Jones, Hamilton can carve out a role as a sturdy interior run defender who occasionally pushes the pocket with his power and motor.
Hamilton shares Murchison's burst off the snap and the strength to control the line of scrimmage, projecting as a disruptive run defender.
Hamilton's lower-tier outcome could see him as a rotational depth piece with flashes, similar to Marshall's early career contribution.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Los Angeles has spent years finding interior defenders in the middle rounds and getting real snaps out of them, and Hamilton fits the pattern: technique over traits, effort over explosion, ready to play a role on arrival.
He was never going to be a pass-rush answer, and nothing about the 2024 tape suggested otherwise. What he provides is the thing rosters quietly need — a defender who can play 300 early-down snaps, hold his gap, and let the expensive rushers around him work one-on-one. That is a fifth-round pick doing its job, and the outcome should be judged against that bar and not the draft-night noise.