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2025 Football Roster

10 Ethan Hampton

  • Position QB
  • Class Junior
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 230
  • Major Management
  • Hometown Elburn, Ill.
  • High School Aurora Christian
  • Prev School Northern Illinois
  • Instagram e.hamp2
  • Twitter ethan_hampton4

Biography

2025 Junior

  • Signed with Illinois on Dec. 19, 2024

2024 Sophomore (Northern Illinois)

  • Started 10 games at quarterback
  • Completed 144-of-247 passes for 1,600 yards and 12 touchdowns on the season
  • Led NIU to one of the biggest upsets in program history when he threw for 198 yards and one touchdown in a 16-14 win at #5 Notre Dame (9/7/24)

2023 Redshirt Freshman (Northern Illinois)

  • Played in four games as a back-up quarterback
  • Completed 19-of-33 passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns on the season

2022 Redshirt Freshman (Northern Illinois)

  • Started three games before missing the rest of the season with an injury
  • Led NIU with 798 passing yards and seven touchdown passes while completing 72-of-122 passes for a 59 percent completion rate

2021 Freshman (Northern Illinois)

  • Played in two games as a back-up quarterback and redshirted the season
  • First career start against Western Michigan (11/23/21)

High School

  • Played for head coach David Beebe at Aurora Christian
  • Three-year letterwinner
  • Helped Aurora Christian to three straight playoff appearances
  • 2019 Aurora Christian Most Valuable Player
  • 2018 Aurora Christian Offensive Most Valuable Player
  • 2019 All-Metro Suburban, All-Area and All-State 
  • Set Aurora Christian records for touchdown passes in a game (8), single game completion percentage (94%), and career completion percentage (60%)
  • 2018 All-Metro Suburban Second Team
  • 2018 All-Area First Team
  • 2019 Academic All-State honors in the Fall of 2019
  • Dunham Scholar
  • Eagle Ambassador

Personal

  • Born May 15
  • Son of Midge and Jonathon Hampton
  • Graduated from Northern Illinois University in December 2024 with a degree in management & marketing
  • Enrolled in the Recreation, Sport, & Tourism master's program

Statistics

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