Zavier Hamilton

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
230
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Gulf Breeze, Fla.
High School:
Fort Walton Beach

2025: Saw action in 12 games...ranked eighth on the team with 37 tackles and added three tackles for loss...posted a season-best six stops vs. UTSA (11/6)...had five tackles in a win at No. 13 Florida (9/6)...made three tackles and had a tackle for loss at No. 5 Miami (9/13)...had five stops vs. South Carolina State (9/20)...had five tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss vs. FAU (11/6)...made three stops at UAB (11/22)...posted six tackles vs. Rice (11/29).

2024: Saw action as a freshman in three games, the season-opener vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/31), at Florida Atlantic (11/01) and vs. San Jose State in the Hawai'i Bowl (12/24).

HIGH SCHOOL: One of the Panhandle’s top linebackers heading into the 2023 season…transferred from Navarre to Fort Walton Beach…posted 140 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, three interceptions and seven pass deflections on his career…in his senior season, he had 87 tackles for loss, 16.0 TFL, 9.0 sacks and interception and four pass break-ups…named Player of the Game six times in his senior campaign…also saw time on offense, logging 214 yards and three touchdowns rushing and nine receptions for 109 yards receiving on his career…also competed in track…a National Honor Society member…a three-star rated prospect according to 247Sports and Rivals… also had offers from Arkansas, Auburn, Cincinnati, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kansas, Kentucky, LSU, Maryland, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Missouri, Notre Dame, South Carolina and Virginia Tech.

PERSONAL: Played piano for 10 years...named to the Athletics Honor Roll in the Spring of 2024.

CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 6 (2X), last vs. Rice (11/29/25)
TFL: 1.5, vs. FAU (10/18/25)

HAMILTON'S GAME-BY-GAME:
2024 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
B-CU (0-0-0); Florida Atlantic (0-0-0); San Jose State (0-0-0)