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Notre Dame in the NFL: Kyle Hamilton goes ballistic in Ravens win

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Former Notre Dame and current Baltimore Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton. (Ken Blaze-Imagn Images)

Sometimes, you look at a box score and your jaw drops. Former Notre Dame and current Baltimore Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton‘s Week 11 stat line can produce that reaction.

Hamilton made 9 tackles, including 4 defensive stops (tackles that result in a failure for the offense). He made 3 tackles for loss, including a sack. He forced a fumble. And he broke up 2 passes in coverage, for good measure, in the Ravens’ 23-16 win over the Browns.

His sack was one of the best in a long list of highlights from Hamilton’s young career thus far. He blitzed up the middle and spun past the Browns’ running back, sacking Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders. He then hit Sanders’ signature “watch” celebration afterward.

That wasn’t Hamilton’s only highlight of the evening, of course. His 91.6 PFF defense grade was the second-highest in the entire NFL in Week 11, trailing only Chargers safety Kamren Kinchens.

Here’s what every other former Notre Dame athlete in the NFL — including Panthers tight end Tommy Tremble, who made a game-winning play for the Panthers — did in Week 11.

Brandon Aubrey (2017-20), K, Dallas Cowboys

Result: W, 33-16 over Raiders

Aubrey made his lone field-goal attempt, from 50 yards out. He’s now 6-of-7 on 50-plus-yard field goals this season.

Aaron Banks (2017-20), G, Green Bay Packers

Result: W, 27-20 over Giants

Banks earned an 82.1 PFF run blocking grade and an 83.4 grade overall.

JD Bertrand (2019-23), LB, Atlanta Falcons

Result: L, 30-27 (OT) to Panthers

Bertrand played 25 snaps on special teams, making an assisted tackle.

Scott Daly (2012-16), LS, Chicago Bears

Result: W, 19-17 over Vikings

Daly snapped 12 times successfully, 6 on punts and 6 on field goals — including yet another game-winner for the Bears.

Sheldon Day (2012-15), DT, Washington Commanders

Result: L, 16-13 (OT) to Dolphins

Day played 14 defensive snaps.

Audric Estimé (2021-23), RB, New Orleans Saints

Result: BYE

Mitchell Evans (2020-24), TE, Carolina Panthers

Result: W, 30-27 (OT) over Falcons

Evans caught 2 passes for 28 yards, including this 25-yard grab.

Blake Fisher (2021-23), OT, Houston Texans

Result: W, 16-13 over Titans

Fisher played 11 snaps as Houston’s sixth offensive lineman.

Alohi Gilman (2017-19), S, Baltimore Ravens

Result: W, 23-16 over Browns

Gilman made 6 tackles, and he allowed 1 reception on 2 targets in coverage.

Blake Grupe (2022), K, New Orleans Saints

Result: BYE

Robert Hainsey (2017-20), C, Jacksonville Jaguars

Result: W, 35-6 over Chargers

Hainsey allowed no pressures and earned a 75.0 PFF pass-blocking grade.

Thomas Harper (2023), S, Detroit Lions

Result: L, 16-9 over Eagles

Harper, starting his fourth-straight game, made 5 tackles.

Cam Hart (2019-23), CB, Los Angeles Chargers

Result: L, 35-6 to Jaguars

Hart allowed 3 receptions for 31 yards on 3 targets, including a touchdown.

JJ Jansen (2004-07), LS, Carolina Panthers

Result: W, 30-27 (OT) over Falcons

Jansen snapped 7 times successfully, 3 on punts and 4 on field goals.

Khalid Kareem (2017-19), DE, Atlanta Falcons

Result: L, 30-27 (OT) to Panthers

The Falcons promoted Kareem to their active roster ahead of Sunday’s game. He played 26 snaps, posting a quarterback pressure, making a solo tackle and defending a pass.

Jack Kiser (2019-24), LB, Jacksonville Jaguars

Result: W, 35-6 over Chargers

Kiser played 6 snaps on special teams.

Cole Kmet (2017-19), TE, Chicago Bears

Result: W, 19-17 over Vikings

Kmet caught a season-high 5 passes for 45 yards. Bears head coach Ben Johnson said Kmet played one of his best games, as both a blocker and a pass-catcher.

Riley Leonard (2024), QB, Indianapolis Colts

Result: BYE

Marist Liufau (2019-23), LB, Dallas Cowboys

Result: W, 33-16 over Raiders

Liufau made a season-high 7 tackles in just 15 snaps.

Michael Mayer (2020-22), TE, Las Vegas Raiders

Result: L, 33-16 to Cowboys

Mayer caught 3 passes on 4 targets for 13 yards.

Nick McCloud (2020), CB, Chicago Bears

Result: W, 19-17 over Vikings

McCloud played 15 snaps off the bench, making 1 tackle.

Mike McGlinchey (2013-17), OT, Denver Broncos

Result: W, 22-19 over Chiefs

McGlinchey allowed 1 pressure, producing his highest PFF pass-blocking grade of the season at 66.3.

Benjamin Morrison (2022-24), CB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Result: L, 44-32 to Bills

Morrison allowed 3 receptions on 5 targets for 78 yards. He made 4 tackles and broke up a pass, but he also allowed a touchdown.

Quenton Nelson (2014-17), G, Indianapolis Colts

Result: BYE

Jarrett Patterson (2018-22), C, Houston Texans

Result: W, 30-27 (OT) over Falcons

Patterson started his second-straight game, allowing 1 pressure and earning a 77.7 PFF pass-blocking grade.

Ben Skowronek (2020), WR, Pittsburgh Steelers

Result: W, 34-12 over Bengals

Skowronek started and played 15 offensive snaps, mostly as a run blocker.

Harrison Smith (2007-11), S, Minnesota Vikings

Result: L, 19-17 to Bears

Smith made 2 tackles.

Durham Smythe (2013-17), TE, Chicago Bears

Result: W, 19-17 over Vikings

Smythe played 16 snaps, mostly as a run blocker. He caught his first pass of the season, though, for 8 yards.

Ronnie Stanley (2012-15), OT, Baltimore Ravens

Result: W, 23-16 over Browns

Stanley allowed 4 pressures, finishing with a 53.6 PFF offense grade.

Jerry Tillery (2015-18), DT, Kansas City Chiefs

Result: L, 22-19 to Broncos

Tillery started but was held off the stat sheet.

Drue Tranquill (2014-18), LB, Kansas City Chiefs

Result: L, 22-19 to Broncos

Tranquill made 7 tackles, including a tackle for loss. He earned an 86.6 PFF run defense grade.

Tommy Tremble (2018-20), TE, Carolina Panthers

Result: W, 30-27 (OT) over Falcons

Tremble made a play that would have led Notre Dame in the NFL in many weeks: A 54-yard catch-and-run in overtime — his only reception of the game — to set up the Panthers’ game-winning field goal.

Tremble has made his money as a blocking tight end for the Panthers, but he and Evans can catch passes, too.

Xavier Watts (2020-24), S, Atlanta Falcons

Result: L, 30-27 (OT) to Panthers

Watts notched 2 tackles, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup.

Kyren Williams (2019-21), RB, Los Angeles Rams

Result: W, 21-19 over Seahawks

Williams rushed 12 times for 91 yards and a touchdown, averaging a season-high 7.6 yards per carry.

Brock Wright (2017-20), TE, Detroit Lions

Result: L, 16-9 over Eagles

Wright caught 2 passes on 7 targets — by far a season high — for 8 yards.

Former Notre Dame players on NFL practice squads

Former Notre Dame players on injured reserve