Ashton Hampton

#2 · CB · Jr. · Clemson6′2″ · 205 lb · Tallahassee, FL · Florida State University School

Interception1122nd of 391 defensive backs Last gameW 36–24at Florida State · Oct 31

Nextat SyracuseSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET

This week

RecordClemson is 5-3.
From the game thread
“Ashton Hampton is far and away the best Ashton on the field tonight”
Clemson fan, r/CFB game thread · at Florida State, Oct 31
Next gameat Syracuse · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

7 stories in the last 30 days, from 7 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Clemson's Ashton Hampton Flagged for One NFL Draft Concern

Roundtable Oct 20

All 22 stories this season

His most important play this season

Q1, 14:30 · LSU tiedAshton Hampton intercepts Sam LeavittClemson at LSU, week 1Q1, 14:30 · LSU 0, Clemson 03LSU’s turnover led to a field goal3LSU’s turnover led to a field goalLSU’s turnover led to a field goalS.Leavitt pass intercepted by A.Hampton at LSU34 A.Hampton return 1 yard to the LSU33 (M.Elzy)Watch from this play

Ashton Hampton

CB · Clemson · #2

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Third year in the Clemson secondary. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Virginia Tech, Week 8, 2026.

27 tackles · 0 sacks

Style of play

Play style

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Caleb RicksSan Diego State · 2026 · 84% season match
Devin SanchezOhio State · 2025 · 83% season match
Sevyn BanksOhio State · 2020 · 79% season match
Denzel BurkeOhio State · 2021 · 70% season match
Kristian FultonLSU · 2019 · 69% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Clemson	27	20	3.0	0.0	9	1
2025	Clemson	45	35	3.0	1.0	8	1
2024	Clemson	26	19	0.0	0.0	4	2
Career		98	74	6.0	1.0	21	4

Last game (Wk 9): 2 tackles.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-51@ No. 11 LSU	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 2	W 22-7vs Georgia Southern	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 3	W 28-20vs North Carolina	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 24-10@ California	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	3
Wk 5	L 13-41vs No. 4 Miami	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 37-0vs Charleston Southern	4	3	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 16-20vs Virginia Tech	6	6	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	W 36-24@ Florida State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		25	20	2.5	0.0	1	9

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 36-24 at Florida State, play by play

2 tackles.

FinalW 36-24

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurrya tackle

Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.

His game this year: coverage — 9 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.

How Clemson’s defense played that day

Florida State’s 13 drives: 9 stopped (4 takeaways) · 4 scored. While the game was within a score they held 4 of 6.

The season, game by game

W 36-24 at Florida StateOct. 312 tkl0 TFLPlay by play just above

L 16-20 vs Virginia TechOct. 246 tkl1 TFL

6 tackles, including 1 more for loss.

6 tackles
1 for loss

FinalL 16-20

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurrya tackle

Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.

6 more games, with the play by play

W 37-0 vs Charleston SouthernOct. 174 tkl1 TFL

4 tackles, including 1 more for loss.

4 tackles
1 for loss

FinalW 37-0

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurrya tackle

Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.

L 13-41 vs MiamiOct. 35 tkl0 TFLtied for 2nd-most passes broken up in FBS that week

5 tackles, including 2 passes broken up, tied for 2nd-most passes broken up in FBS that week. His pass breakup on 4th and 3 ended Miami’s drive (downs).

5 tackles
2 passes broken up
1 drive ended on one of his plays

Second quarterbegan down 10-3
2nd & 10○Broken up
Third quarterbegan down 17-6
4th & 3○Broken up1
FinalL 13-41

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurrya tackle

Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.

1
Broke up a pass on 4th and 3. Third quarter, down 17-6. Ended Miami’s drive (downs).

W 24-10 at CaliforniaSept. 253 tkl0 TFLtied for 5th-most passes broken up in FBS that week

3 tackles, including 3 passes broken up, tied for 5th-most passes broken up in FBS that week.

3 tackles
3 passes broken up

Second quarterbegan down 7-0
1st & 10○Broken up
3rd & 11○Broken up
Fourth quarterbegan up 17-10
3rd & 16○Broken up
FinalW 24-10

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurrya tackle

Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.

W 28-20 vs North CarolinaSept. 193 tkl0 TFL

3 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.

3 tackles
1 pass broken up

Third quarterbegan down 17-6
2nd & 9○Broken up
FinalW 28-20

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurrya tackle

Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.

W 22-7 vs Georgia SouthernSept. 122 tkl0 TFLtied for the most passes broken up in FBS that week

2 tackles, including 3 passes broken up, tied for the most passes broken up in FBS that week.

2 tackles
3 passes broken up

Second quarterbegan up 7-0
2nd & 5○Broken up
Third quarterbegan up 16-7
3rd & 7○Broken up
Fourth quarterbegan up 16-7
2nd & 6○Broken up
FinalW 22-7

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurrya tackle

Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.

L 10-51 at LSUSept. 50 tkl0 TFL, 1 INT

0 tackles, including 1 interception. His interception ended LSU’s drive (int).

0 tackles
1 interception
2 drives ended on one of his plays

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
2nd & 2✕Interception1
2nd & 2○Broken up1
FinalL 10-51

a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurry

1
Intercepted. First quarter, tied 0-0. Ended LSU’s drive (int).

Signature game

Week 5 · 2026

L 13-41

vs Miami

5 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 3 solo tackles

Where he ranks

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -8 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Defensive profile

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

PD rate

33%9 pass breakups

Interceptions

1interceptions

Tackle volume

27tackles this season

27 tackles · 3 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 1 interception.

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 22-13 over that span.

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2026Clemson5-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 83 (#29 of 344). Show the ratings

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #29 of 344?

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (26th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#4 / 2515 · 100th pct

Solo tackles#471 / 2515 · 80th pct

Tackles for loss#591 / 2515 · 73rd pct

3.0

Tackles#851 / 2515 · 65th pct

Interceptions#144 / 557 · 37th pct

Sacks#1116 / 2515 · 28th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1214 / 2515 · 26th pct

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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	0.5	0.0	1.2
Road3g	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.2	0.0	1.5
Weeks 8+2g	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Pass share

45.3%

248 pass / 299 run

Plays / game

68.4

8 games

Team sack rate

8.3%

289 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

27 tackles in 8 games

Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

83 · #29 of 344 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #29 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #5 of 19 ACC CBs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Ashton Hampton

This week

What’s being said

His most important play this season

Style of play

Similar players

In the news in the last 30 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

In the news across his career

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Where he ranks

Defensive profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

27 tackles in 8 games

Three seasons at Clemson

2024 10 games