Omarion Hampton

#28 · RB · Jr. · North Carolina6′0″ · 220 lb · Clayton, NC · Cleveland

Omarion Hampton: RB · North Carolina · #28.

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Omarion Hampton

RB · North Carolina · Jr · #28

Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches at North Carolina: Mack Brown and Freddie Kitchens. All-America (AFCA) in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 244 rushing yards and 16 receiving yards against Wake Forest — Week 12, 2024.

Style of play

Style of play

Play style

Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

277Carries
1688Yards
17.2%Top-5 share
12.6%Stuffed rate

Just 17.2% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 12.6% of carries. 11 carries for 53 yds vs Boston College; 34 for 241 vs Wake Forest.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

Not actually a closer

60.9%Carry share
35.6%Q4-lead share
69.2%In competitive games

60.9% of carries overall (277/455) → 35.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (26/73) — 69.2% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

19/273rd/4th & short
19/32Inside-5 share

19 of 27 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.4%). 19 of the team's 32 inside-the-5 carries (59.4%).

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