#28

Omarion Hampton

Former running back at North Carolina. 2024: 1,660 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 38 catches.

RB · North Carolina · Jr. · #28

6′0″ · 220 lb · Clayton, NC

CFB Index 91 · #4 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAll-AmericanLos Angeles — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 22, #22 overall

Recruiting

4★

RB recruit

No. 134 nationally · Signed with North Carolina

Statement game32 car · 172 yds · 4 TDat Florida State (FBS) · W 35-11

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

Hampton just doing whatever he wants against these guys, frankly embarrassing. I mean FSU, in practice your offense is run-first. You should be better against the run.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 8His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at North Carolina. 2024: 1,660 rushing yards, 15 rushing TD, 38 catches.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to North Carolina in 2022.
Drafted round 1 by the Los Angeles in 2025.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at North Carolina, 3,565 rushing yards, an All-American season (2023) — drafted at #22 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

202212 games

Signed with North Carolina4-star out of Cleveland

202313 games

All-Americafirst
All-ACCfirst

202412 games

All-ACCfirst
All-America

2025

Drafted by Los Angelesround 1, pick 22

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#134 national

CFB

College

North Carolina

2022–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #22

Los Angeles · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

13 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2024)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2024

2 coaches

2022–2023

Mack Brown

North Carolina

2024

Freddie Kitchens

North Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Freddie Kitchens. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

#22Rd 1 · Pick 22

Los AngelesEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022North Carolina9-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2023North Carolina8-5HC: Mack Brown · Balanced

2024North Carolina6-7HC: Freddie Kitchens · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

91All-America level #4 of 310?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (99th percentile). Strength: carries (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / carry#96 / 442 · 78th pct

6.1

Explosive rate#110 / 442 · 75th pct

9.0%

EPA / carry#157 / 442 · 65th pct

0.22

TD rate#174 / 442 · 61st pct

5.4%

Success rate#192 / 442 · 56th pct

46.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#3 / 335 · 99th pct

1660

Carries#5 / 335 · 99th pct

281

Rec yards#8 / 330 · 98th pct

373

Rush TDs#12 / 335 · 96th pct

Receptions#18 / 330 · 95th pct

Long run#27 / 335 · 90th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 204 · 87th pct

Yards / carry#54 / 335 · 83rd pct

5.9

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

65th → 65th percentile

Success rate

75th → 56th percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 75th percentile

Yards / carry

82nd → 78th percentile

TD rate

75th → 61st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

277 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

39%

Grind (1–3)

33%

Chunk (4–9)

16%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	157	7.2	1.3
Road5g	112	4.4	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	129	6.1	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	152	5.9	1.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill Belichick

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-American

Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

91 · #4 of 310 RBs

Former four-star. Now #4 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	281	1,660	5.9	15	--
2023	North Carolina	253	1,504	5.9	15	--
2022	North Carolina	88	401	4.6	6	--
Career		622	3,565	5.7	36	--

Season	Team
2024	North Carolina	38	373	9.8	2	--
2023	North Carolina	29	222	7.7	1	--
2022	North Carolina	6	40	6.7	1	--
Career		73	635	8.7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 19–17

at Minnesota

129 rush yds (30 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Maginness — 51 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG · N. Burnette — 52 LONG · 100 PCT · 13 PTS

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · NC State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Omarion Hampton run for 75 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 10 · Florida State · 3&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.90Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Omarion Hampton for 49 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 7 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.39Omarion Hampton run for 71 yds to the GT 4 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Florida State · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA -4.21Omarion Hampton run for no gain to the FSU 1
Week 10 · Florida State · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +4.17Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Omarion Hampton for 38 yds to the FSU 20 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.08Omarion Hampton run for no gain to the PITT 8
Week 4 · James Madison · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.07Omarion Hampton run for 48 yds to the JMU 32 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · North Carolina Central · 3&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.90Omarion Hampton run for 53 yds to the NCCU 21 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · NC State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.61Jacolby Criswell pass complete to Omarion Hampton for 47 yds for a TD (Noah Burnette KICK)
Week 10 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Omarion Hampton run for 43 yds to the FSU 32 for a 1ST down Florida State Penalty, Horse Collar Tackle (Azareye'h Thomas) to the FSU 17 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 19-17@ Minnesota	30	129	4.3	0	16
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Charlotte	11	77	7.0	0	26
Wk 3	W 45-10vs North Carolina Central	25	210	8.4	3	53	3 rushing TDs
Wk 4	L 50-70vs James Madison	19	139	7.3	3	48	3 rushing TDs
Wk 5	L 20-21@ Duke	29	103	3.6	0	20
Wk 6	L 24-34vs Pittsburgh	23	106	4.6	1	20
Wk 7	L 34-41vs Georgia Tech	18	137	7.6	0	71
Wk 9	W 41-14@ Virginia	26	105	4.0	2	12
Wk 10	W 35-11@ Florida State	32	172	5.4	4	43	4 rushing TDs
Wk 12	W 31-24vs Wake Forest	35	244	7.0	1	38	Season-high 244 yds
Wk 13	L 21-41@ Boston College	11	53	4.8	0	15
Wk 14	L 30-35vs NC State	22	185	8.4	1	75	185-yard day
Total		281	1660	6.0	15	75

How he plays

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

277Carries

1688Yards

17.2%Top-5 share

12.6%Stuffed rate

Just 17.2% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 12.6% of his carries. 11 carries for 53 yds vs Boston College; 34 for 241 vs Wake Forest.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

checked · no story

60.9%Carry share

35.6%Q4-lead share

69.2%In competitive games

60.9% of carries overall (277/455) → 35.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (26/73) — 69.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

19/273rd/4th & short

19/32Inside-5 share