#11

A.J. Hampton

Senior defensive back on Tulane's 2023 roster.

DB · Tulane · Sr. · #11

6′0″ · 175 lb · Warren, AR

CFB Index 17 · #310 of 339 cornersLow confidenceTulane 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1200 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Tulane's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2018.
Transferred from Northwestern to Tulane in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Tulane, 127 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Wharton

202310 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1200 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018–2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

2023

Slade Nagle

Tulane

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Fritz → Slade Nagle. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Northwestern9-5HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2019Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

17Below cohort / limited sample #310 of 339?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#362 / 2842 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#873 / 2842 · 68th pct

Tackles#1663 / 2842 · 40th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road4g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

17 · #310 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #310 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Tulane	24	23	0.0	4	--	--
2022	Northwestern	21	18	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Northwestern	38	33	0.0	9	--	--
2020	Northwestern	26	16	2.0	5	1	--
2019	Northwestern	15	12	0.0	1	1	--
2018	Northwestern	3	2	0.0	--	--	--
Career		127	104	3.0	19	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 20-37vs Ole Miss	1	1	—	1
Wk 3	W 21-3@ Southern Miss	3	3	—	0
Wk 4	W 36-7vs Nicholls	1	1	—	1
Wk 5	W 35-23vs UAB	2	2	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-21@ Memphis	1	1	—	0
Wk 8	W 35-28vs North Texas	8	7	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 9	W 30-28@ Rice	0	0	—	1
Wk 11	W 24-22vs Tulsa	2	2	—	0
Wk 12	W 24-8@ Florida Atlantic	1	1	—	0
Bowl	L 20-41vs Virginia Tech	5	5	—	1
Total		24	23	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

A.J. Hampton

2018

202310 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Centerfielder

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