2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 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
2025 Junior
- Entered the transfer portal following the season
- Served as Illinois' back-up quarterback
- 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 Northern Illinois 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
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