Damar Hamlin will play for the Bills against the Cardinals on Sunday

Bills safety Damar Hamlin has earned a regular spot in Buffalo’s secondary.

Hamlin is listed as one of two starting safeties on the Bills’ official roster, and when reporters asked head coach Sean McDermott about Hamlin’s condition, he praised Hamlin’s performance in the year and a half since he suffered cardiac arrest on the field during a game in Cincinnati.

“Damar Hamlin will start,” McDermott said. “What else can’t this young man do? He’s been through what he’s been through on the field, which you guys have written about time and time again, and to recover from that — it’s one thing to recover from a torn ACL or a broken bone. It’s a whole other thing to recover from what he came back from. Not to mention that he’s chosen to play football and contact football in full gear at the NFL level — I don’t think I need to say anything else. It’s incredible.”

Hamlin was widely praised last season for being able to return to the field at all, but last year he only played in five games, mostly on special teams, and was never in the starting lineup. This offseason, Hamlin was praised for his continued hard work and now he is a starter.