{"id":206742,"date":"2025-07-14T15:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206742\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:57:12","slug":"kyle-hamilton-leads-nfl-safety-rankings-as-baltimore-ravens-star-sets-new-standard-nfl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206742\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Hamilton leads NFL safety rankings as Baltimore Ravens star sets new standard | NFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122444428.jpg\" alt=\"Kyle Hamilton leads NFL safety rankings as Baltimore Ravens star sets new standard\" title=\"Kyle Hamilton (via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Kyle Hamilton (via Getty Images) Kyle Hamilton has become the <a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nfl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a>&#8216;s best safety\u2014and this time, it&#8217;s not merely fan hype or team bias behind the buzz. It&#8217;s official, per a 2025 ESPN polling of league coaches, executives, and scouts: the Baltimore Ravens standout is now the league&#8217;s No. 1 safety. Kyle Hamilton is widely regarded as a generational talent at just 23, whose influence on the field is beyond normal statistics. <\/p>\n<p>Baltimore Ravens&#8217; Kyle Hamilton graded as No. 1 safety in NFL by league insiders <\/p>\n<p>When the Baltimore Ravens drafted Kyle Hamilton in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, everyone expected a lot. Now in his fourth season, Kyle Hamilton hasn&#8217;t only exceeded expectations\u2014he&#8217;s shattered them. He&#8217;s being likened to some of the most dominant defenders in football today, including Myles Garrett, T.J. Watt, and Maxx Crosby. In ESPN\u2019s annual positional ranking, compiled from votes by league evaluators, Hamilton rose from the No. 2 spot last year to the top in 2025, surpassing Antoine Winfield Jr. and others.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Hamilton Believes The Eagles Defense Has The Best Swag!<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he was the league&#8217;s lone safety with a minimum of 10 tackles for loss and 10 pass breakups. He contributed three sacks and four interceptions, and he&#8217;s one of only five players in the last two years with at least 15 pass deflections, five interceptions, and more than one forced fumble. Now that rookie first-round pick Malaki Starks is with the Ravens&#8217; secondary, Hamilton may be in for an even more commanding year. He&#8217;s also negotiating a contract extension, seeking one that values him appropriately. While most young players would dread the prospect of impending negotiations, Hamilton is instead letting it fuel him as he enters 2025.Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/nfl\/news\/kyle-hamilton-makes-bold-comment-after-baltimore-ravens-steal-top-defender-jaire-alexander-from-green-bay-packers\/articleshow\/122010903.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Hamilton makes bold comment after Baltimore Ravens steal top defender Jaire Alexander from Green Bay<\/a>Whether on the field, thanks to his football IQ, unmatchable versatility, or physical playmaking, Kyle Hamilton has commanded respect from the league\u2014and he&#8217;s hardly begun. If he keeps on the current path, not only might he firm up his grip as the NFL&#8217;s best safety, but he might be a shortlist candidate for Defensive Player of the Year within the near future. In Baltimore, the baton has indeed been passed\u2014and Hamilton is carrying it aloft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Hamilton (via Getty Images) Kyle Hamilton has become the NFL&#8216;s best safety\u2014and this time, it&#8217;s not merely&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,35002,12,7,43860,1506,890,6,14906,835,43859,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-206742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-ravens","8":"tag-baltimore","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-baltimoreravens","11":"tag-defensive-player-of-the-year","12":"tag-espn","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-football-iq","15":"tag-kyle-hamilton","16":"tag-malaki-starks","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nfl-2025","19":"tag-nfl-news","20":"tag-nfl-safety-rankings","21":"tag-ravens"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114852413227899705","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}