University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
2025-26 Signing Day Football Roster
Roster

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.
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