2010 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

78 HAMILTON/HASS
fewest sacks allowed (12) and rank third in the
NFL in yards per rush (4.8) while playing all
1,019 offensive snaps in 2008.
• Started 84 consecutive games with Denver
from 2002-06 and played every offensive snap
(5,407) for the club over that span before missing
the 2007 season due to concussion symptoms
that first occurred during training camp.
• Part of Broncos offenses that allowed three
of the four lowest season sack totals in club
annals with his efforts in 2008 (12 sacks, 1st),
2004 (15 sacks, 2nd) and 2005 (23 sacks, 4th).
• Blocked for a Denver offense that placed second
in the NFL in rushing yards (11,919) and
ranked fourth in the league in fewest sacks
allowed (140) from 2002-06.
• Played a key role in the Broncos posting the
second-best rushing total (2,539 yds.) in club
history and advancing to the AFC Champ -
ionship Game in 2005.
• Helped the Broncos set a franchise record
with 2,629 rushing yards in 2003.
• Gained experience with NFL Europe’s Berlin
Thunder in the spring of 2002.
COLLEGE: A four-year starter at the University
of Minnesota, starting all 46 games in which he
played, and was regarded as one of the best
centers to ever play at the school. Earned consensus
first-team All-America honors for the
second consecutive year as a senior. Also was
a consensus first-team All-Big Ten Conference
choice and a finalist for the Lombardi Award
and the Outland Trophy. Named a first-team All-
American as a junior. Tabbed a first-team All-Big
Ten Conference choice (coaches) and won the
team’s Paul Giel Award, which honors the player
who shows total unselfishness and most
concern about the University of Minnesota, as
a junior. Received honorable mention All-Big
HOW ACQUIRED: Signed by Seattle on
January 8, 2009, as a free agent.
NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Originally a sixth-round draft choice (171st
overall) by the New Orleans Saints in the 2006
NFL Draft. Released by the Saints after camp
and spent 2006 on the Chicago Bears practice
squad.
Ten honors as a freshman and sophomore after
redshirting in 1996.
PERSONAL: Hamilton earned honorable
mention All-America honors from USA Today
as a senior at Wayzata High School in
Plymouth, Minn., and added Minneapolis Star
Tribune all-state, all-conference and all-Metro
accolades as he helped lead his school to the
1995 Section 8AA crown. Represented the
Metro team in the 1996 Minnesota High School
All-Star game. Also lettered in tennis and was
an honor roll student. His father, Wes, played
on the offensive line at Tulsa and with the
Minnesota Vikings (1976-85). Wes was drafted
by the Vikings in the third round of the 1976 NFL
Draft and played 116 games with the club.
Graduated from Minnesota with a bachelor’s
degree in engineering. Married to Jeanne.
Couple has four children (three sons: Elijah,
Samuel and James and one daughter: Grace).
Benjamin Thomas Hamilton was born on Aug.
18, 1977, in Minneapolis.
HAMILTON’S NFL RECORD
Position . . . . . . . .Wide Receiver
Height . . .6-1 Weight . . .210
College . . . . . . . . .Oregon State
NFL Seasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 th
Seahawks Seasons . . . . . . . .2 nd
Born . . . . . . . . .January 2, 1983
Hometown . . . .Portland, Oregon
Year Team GP/GS Postseason
2001 Denver 0/0
2002 Denver 16/16
2003 Denver 16/16 1/1
2004 Denver 16/16 1/1
2005 Denver 16/16 2/2
2006 Denver 16/16
2007 Denver 0/0
2008 Denver 16/16
2009 Denver 15/8
NFL TOTALS 111/104 4/4
• Signed to the Bears active roster in 2007
and made NFL debut at Philadelphia (10/21).
• Spent majority of 2008 on Chicago’s practice
squad.
• Saw action on special teams in one game
(at Green Bay 12/27) for the Seahawks during
the 2009 season after starting the campaign
on the team’s practice squad. Ended the sea-