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The Tennessean – Where does Maurice Hampton Jr. go from Vanderbilt pro day? He already has a plan
As a Graduate (2024)
• Played in 10 games with one start
• Totaled 22 tackles with a break-up and a forced fumble
• Made a season-best seven tackles in Birmingham Bowl win over Georgia Tech
• Forced a fumble at LSU
• Posted a season-best four tackles versus South Carolina in first start as a Commodore
• Missed the first three games of the season due to injury
Prior to Vandy
• Two-sport standout began collegiate career at LSU in football and baseball
• Member of LSU’s national championship football team in 2019
• Played in 13 games as a freshman at LSU, starting once
• Made 10 tackles during rookie season, including a tackle of Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts
• Named SEC Freshman of the Week after making six tackles against Arkansas in his first career start for an injured Grant Delpit
• Played in 10 games on the diamond for LSU in the spring of 2020 before the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
• Hit .231 in 26 plate appearances
• Played in all eight games with five starts during Covid-shortened 2020 football season at LSU
• Made 27 total tackles with two tackles for loss
• Made a tackle in win over Vanderbilt
• Had a career-best seven tackles against Missouri
• Appeared in five games on the diamond for the Tigers in spring 2021
• Transferred to Samford to focus on baseball
• Played in all 54 games for the Bulldogs in 2022, starting 48 contests
• Led the team with 15 stolen bases while hitting .253 and hitting nine homers
• Hit a grand slam in an 8-6 win over defending national champion Mississippi State
• Played in four games for Samford in 2023 and six games in 2024 before deciding to re-focus on football
The Hampton File
• Consensus four-star prospect out of the University School in Memphis
• Rated the top prospect in Tennessee among his signing class by 247Sports, as well as the No. 14 cornerback in the class
• Named Tennessee Titans Mr. Football in Division II-AAA in 2018
• Led MUS to state title game as a senior, recording 1,835 all-purpose yards and 15 touchdowns as a receiver and punt returner
• Played for coach Bobby Alston at MUS
• Ranked the nation’s No. 29 baseball prospect in the 2019 MLB Draft
• Selected in the 23rd round of the 2019 amateur draft by the San Diego Padres, but oped to attend LSU to play football and baseball
• Hit .480 with 10 homers as a senior, earning Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association DII-AA Mr. Baseball honors
• The first athlete in Tennessee history to earn Mr. Football and Mr. Baseball in the same season
• Competed in the 2019 Under Armour All-America games in both football and baseball, while also participating in the Perfect Game Baseball All-America Game
• Son of Maurice Sr. (Mo) and Teka Hampton