According to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports, the Patriots are “targeting” Colts’ assistant defensive backs coach Justin Hamilton for a role on the New England defensive staff. The #Patriots are targeting #Colts assistant defensive backs coach Justin Hamilton for a role on their defensive staff, sources tell me and @TomLoy247 for @CBSSports / @247Sports.

Hamilton, 42, played collegiately at Virginia Tech and in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns and Washington. After transitioning to coaching, he returned to Virginia Tech in 2018 as the defensive director of player development before becoming their safeties coach in 2019 and taking on defensive coordinator responsibilities in 2020.

Hamilton received his first coaching opportunity in 2010, first as strength and conditioning coach and later defensive coordinator at Virginia-Wise. Via a stop as linebackers coac