Nick Hampton: LB · App State · #9.
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Nick Hampton
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches at App State: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz and Shawn Clark. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Sun Belt again in 2022. On tape: 8 tackles and 2 sacks against Georgia State, Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 61-63vs North Carolina | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 17-14@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 32-28vs Troy | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-32vs James Madison | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | W 49-0vs The Citadel | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-36@ Texas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-17vs Georgia State | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 28-35@ Coastal Carolina | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28@ Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 20 | 10.5 | 8.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
27%10 TFLSack rate
21%8 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups39 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 8 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
43.1%
358 pass / 472 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
398 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #66 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at App State, 175 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #161 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles RamsEntering 4th NFL season
Los Angeles RamsEntering 4th NFL season
