Lorenzo Hampton

Lorenzo Hampton
No. 27, 20
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1962-03-12) March 12, 1962 (age 62)
Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:Lake Wales
College:Florida
NFL draft:1985 / round: 1 / pick: 27
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:1,949
Rushing average:3.9
Receptions:123
Receiving yards:954
Total touchdowns:28
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Lorenzo Timothy Hampton (born March 12, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s. Hampton played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins.

Early life

Hampton was born in Lake Wales, Florida in 1962.[1] He attended Lake Wales High School,[2] and he played high school football for the Lake Wales Highlanders.

College career

Hampton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Charley Pell and coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators teams from 1981 to 1984.[3] Hampton shared the Gators' backfield with fellow running backs John L. Williams and Neal Anderson from 1982 to 1984,[4] and he was often used as a blocking back when Williams and Anderson were the ball carriers. Memorably, he ran for 138 yards against the Florida State Seminoles in 1982.[3] In his four seasons as a Gator, he compiled 1,993 rushing and 655 receiving yards.[3]

Professional career

The Miami Dolphins chose Hampton in the first round (27th pick overall) in the 1985 NFL draft.[5] He played for coach Don Shula's Dolphins for five years from 1985 to 1989.[6] Hampton started in thirty-three of the seventy games in which he played, and finished his career with 500 carries for 1,949 rushing yards and twenty-two touchdowns, 123 receptions for 954 receiving yards and six touchdowns, and ninety-six kickoff returns for 2,025 yards.[1]

 

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold Career high
Year Team Games Rushing Receiving
GP GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
1985 MIA 16 1 105 369 3.5 15 3 8 56 7.0 15 0
1986 MIA 16 16 186 830 4.5 54 9 61 446 7.3 19 3
1987 MIA 12 7 75 289 3.9 34 1 23 223 9.7 24 0
1988 MIA 16 10 117 414 3.5 33 9 23 204 8.9 39 3
1989 MIA 10 0 17 47 2.8 9 0 8 25 3.1 12 0
70 34 500 1,949 3.9 54 22 123 954 7.8 39 6

Life after the NFL

Hampton's charitable foundation, Lemon-Aid Makers, runs a series of South Florida summer football camps in for inner-city elementary and middle school boys ages 7 to 14.[4]

As of 2010, Hampton had been married to his wife Marcia for nineteen years.[4] They have two children: a daughter, Loren, and a son, Lorenzo, Jr.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Lorenzo Hampton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  2. ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Lorenzo Hampton Archived February 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 5, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 127, 138–140, 147–148, 166, 182 (2011). Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d Kevin Brockway, "Where are they now? Lorenzo Hampton," The Gainesville Sun (August 1, 2010). Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "1985 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  6. ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Lorenzo Hampton. Retrieved August 5, 2010.

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