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Ernie Hammond

SS  •  RETIRED @ Age 33 (End of 2027 season)  •  Current Age: 41
6' 0", 199 lbs Draft: Round 10, Pick 22 (2020) Drafted By: New England Patriots College: Vanderbilt Player_ID: 546 Yrs Pro: 8 Cap Cost: N/A

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2026 GBY 16 5 29 7.9 10 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 2 - - 3 16 - - - 1 2 - 3.9 0.440
2025 BUF 14 4 15 6.0 5 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 - - 3 10 - - - 0 1 - 2.7 0.310
2024 BUF 15 7 50 14.4 25 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 2 - - 2 23 - - - 0 0 - 3.1 0.310
2023 BUF 16 9 44 12.9 10 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 3 14 - - - 1 1 - 3.6 0.410
2022 BUF 16 11 34 8.1 13 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 - - 3 13 - - - 0 0 - 3.8 0.400
2021 NED 16 14 99 15.2 30 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 - - 5 18 - - - 0 1 - 3.8 0.450
2020 NED 16 14 123 19.2 28 - - 1.0 0 0 0 0.2 1 - - 4 35 - - - 4 1 - 5.3 0.540
Career 109 64 394 12.9 121 - - 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 8 - - 23 129 - - - 6 6 - - -

Returns Stats

Yr Tm GP GS PR PR Yds Y/PRet PR TD PR TD% KR KR Yds Y/KRet KR TD KR TD% Pen RetAV NAV
2026 GBY 16 5 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.440
2025 BUF 14 4 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.310
2024 BUF 15 7 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.310
2023 BUF 16 9 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.410
2022 BUF 16 11 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.400
2021 NED 16 14 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.450
2020 NED 16 14 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.540
Career 109 64 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2023 BUF 1 0 2 14.3 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
Career 1 0 2 14.3 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -

Returns Stats

Yr Tm GP GS PR PR Yds Y/PRet PR TD PR TD% KR KR Yds Y/KRet KR TD KR TD% Pen RetAV NAV
2023 BUF 1 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -
Career 1 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -

Salary Information

Year Salary Bonus Cap Cost Cap Percentage

Ratings History

Year Scout Type Age RD MM ZN BR PD PH IN PR KR EN ST Overall Potential
2020 Pre-Camp 26 98 42 66 0 92 45 87 0 0 35 54 64 64
2020 Post-Camp 26 82 55 44 0 56 51 52 0 0 18 53 50 50
2021 Pre-Camp 27 88 54 47 0 62 50 56 0 0 20 63 54 54
2021 Post-Camp 27 88 56 48 0 61 50 56 0 0 21 64 54 54
2022 Pre-Camp 28 88 56 48 0 60 51 56 0 0 20 65 54 54
2022 Post-Camp 28 84 36 35 0 48 33 56 0 0 14 65 46 46
2023 Pre-Camp 29 82 36 35 0 47 33 55 0 0 14 66 45 45
2023 Post-Camp 29 100 27 45 0 66 27 82 0 0 19 42 55 55
2024 Pre-Camp 30 100 27 46 0 66 27 82 0 0 19 41 55 55
2024 Post-Camp 30 100 25 44 0 66 28 83 0 0 17 42 55 55
2025 Pre-Camp 31 100 25 44 0 66 28 84 0 0 18 41 55 55
2025 Post-Camp 31 69 30 27 0 40 19 50 0 0 6 67 38 38
2026 Pre-Camp 32 68 30 26 0 39 19 49 0 0 6 68 37 37
2026 Post-Camp 32 68 31 26 0 37 11 49 0 0 4 68 36 36
2027 Pre-Camp 33 68 32 26 0 36 11 48 0 0 6 53 36 36
2027 Post-Camp 33 66 11 21 0 22 0 47 0 0 1 53 30 30

Transactions

Year Team Transaction
2021 New England Patriots changed primary position from SS
2022 New England Patriots released
2022 Buffalo Bills signed as a free agent: 4yrs, $15,340,000
2022 Buffalo Bills changed primary position from FS
2025 Buffalo Bills signed a renegotiated contract: 2yrs, $4,940,000
2025 Buffalo Bills placed on injured reserve
2026 Buffalo Bills released
2026 Green Bay Packers signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,190,000
2027 New York Giants signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,220,000
2027 New York Giants released