University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
2025-26 Signing Day Football Roster
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Ethan Hampton
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Elburn, Ill.
- High School:
- Aurora Christian HS
- Prev School:
- Illinois
2025 (R-Jr.): Appeared in four games in only season at Illinois…Threw for 27 yards on 3-of-4 passing with an interception…Longest pass play of season was 14 yards against Western Illinois (8/29)…2024 (R-So.): Started 10 games at quarterback for Northern Illinois…Completed 144-of-247 passes for 1,600 yards and 12 touchdowns…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 No. 5 Notre Dame (9/7)…2023 (R-Fr.): Played in four games as a back-up quarterback at NIU…Completed 19-of-33 passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns…2022 (R-Fr.): Started three games at NIU 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…Earned redshirt due to injury…2021 (Fr.): Played in two games as a back-up quarterback and redshirted the season…First career start against Western Michigan (11/23)…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.
2026 National Signing Day Press Conference with Blake Anderson
Wednesday, February 04
Southern Miss 2026 National Signing Day
Wednesday, February 04
Christian Ostrander Preseason Press Conference
Monday, January 19
Blake Anderson Introductory Press Conference
Monday, December 15
