NICK HAMPTON
POSITION Outside Linebacker
HEIGHT 6-3
WEIGHT 210
CLASS Sophomore
HOMETOWN Anderson, S.C.
HIGH SCHOOL Westside
2019: Played in all 14 games as an outside linebacker and made his first career start as part of a nickel look at Troy … Third-down staple was second on the team with 5.5 sacks, including one in which he forced a fumble that teammate Trey Cobb returned 24 yards for a tiebreaking touchdown in the third quarter of the New Orleans Bowl win … Tied for the team lead with eight QB hurries … Finished the season with 24 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles … Also forced a fumble on a fourth-quarter sack for an 8-yard loss at South Carolina and forced a holding penalty, backing the ball up from the App State 9 to the 19, on the next-to-last play of the 20-15 win in Columbia …
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