Defensive back, Rutgers, 2014–18
Saquan Hampton
Lettered 2015–18 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 209 lb
- Class (2018)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Hamilton, NJ
- Born
- Dec 12, 1995
Saquan Hampton played defensive back at Rutgers (2014–18). The New Orleans Saints took Hampton in round 6, No. 177 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
11tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Michigan, 20182interceptions, career highat Wisconsin, 2018Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 of 12 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Rutgers | 9 | DB | RS | ||
| 2015 | Rutgers | 9 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2016 | Rutgers | 9 | DB | So. | ||
| 2017 | Rutgers | 9 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2018 | Rutgers | 9 | DB | Sr. | 6′1″ | 209 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2018 Rutgers 12 games, 62 tackles, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Texas State | W 35–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | at Ohio State | L 3–52 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | at Kansas | L 14–55 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Buffalo | L 13–42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Indiana | L 17–24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Illinois | L 17–38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | at Maryland | L 7–34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Northwestern | L 15–18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 3 | at Wisconsin | L 17–31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nov 10 | vs. Michigan | L 7–42 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Penn State | L 7–20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 24 | at Michigan State | L 10–14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2017 Rutgers 7 games, 34 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Washington | L 14–30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Eastern Michigan | L 13–16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Nebraska | L 17–27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs.Ohio State | L 0–56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | atPenn State | L 6–35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | atIndiana | L 0–41 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Michigan State | L 7–40 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Rutgers 7 games, 46 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | atWashington | L 13–48 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Illinois | L 7–24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at Minnesota | L 32–34 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.Indiana | L 27–33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | atMichigan State | L 0–49 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs.Penn State | L 0–39 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 26 | atMaryland | L 13–31 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Rutgers 1 game, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14 | vs.Nebraska | L 14–31 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2019 | Combine or pro day 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¼″ | |
| Weight | 206 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 8⅝″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.48 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.50 s | |
| Vertical jump | 36½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ | |
| Bench press | 14 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.93 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.25 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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