Senior linebacker for Buffalo. 2022: 8 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
6′1″ · 220 lb · Plantation, FL
The story
4 linebacker for Buffalo. 2022: 8 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.
Willie Hampton
Western Carolina to Buffalo — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Massachusetts — Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Buffalo, 8 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Lembo
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Buffalo | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2022
W 34–27
vs Toledo
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With R. Cook Jr. — 118 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD · C. Snyder — 245 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.5 · -2 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 50-31@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7@ Massachusetts | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30vs Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |