Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Damar Hamlin was born March 24, 1998, in Mckees Rocks, Pennsylvania. He is a safety in the National Football League.

Hamlin played college football at Pittsburgh. In the 2021 NFL Draft, he was taken 212th by the Buffalo Bills. After playing a reserve role his rookie season, Hamlin became one of the Bills' starting safeties in 2022 after Micah Hyde suffered a season-ending neck injury in week 2.

After Hamlin's scary collapse on the field In the hours following his collapse, Hamlin's 2020 GoFundMe charity campaign received a massive influx of donations from fans and others. Some of the donations to the toy drive had messages of support for Hamlin. In the days that followed, dozens of NFL players, coaches, and executives donated to the campaign, which grew from its $2,500 goal amount to over $8.5 million as of January 8, 2023.