Player Dossier

2020-2025

Western Kentucky

Jalen Hampton

RB • 5'9" • 206 lbs • Rockville, MD, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jalen Hampton leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

5

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

3

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

14

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

20212425

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Virginia Tech • Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Jalen Hampton, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Jalen Hampton leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.1 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
84
Rushing yards
84

Quick Answers

Jalen Hampton quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Top game
Wake Forest
High school pipeline
East Forsyth · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
27 scrimmage yards · RB 604th (top 83%) · Conference USA 183rd (top 73%) · National 2,080th (top 76%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00000-
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00000-
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky657570037.1
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky327270032.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Unlisted to Western KentuckyUnlisted to G5/FCS18Apr 30, 2024
2022Virginia Tech to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted18Apr 29, 2022

Jalen Hampton played RB for Virginia Tech and Western Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jalen Hampton recorded 84 rushing yards and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Western Kentucky paired 57 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 25.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Western Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Alabama

Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

3

Scrimmage Yards / G

9

Efficiency

25.1

Usage

5.7

Consistency

61.7

Best Game by takeover score

North Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Alabama: 18. Delaware: 0. New Mexico State: 9

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half9 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half9 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

3 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

North Alabama

Best efficiency game

31.3 vs North Alabama

Result
Sat 11/1vs New Mexico StateW 35-16591.8001.8
Fri 10/3@ DelawareW 27-24
Sat 8/30vs North AlabamaW 55-6618303

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Virginia Tech

    2020-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Kentucky

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00
2024 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky5746.53.257
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky2725.15.7-30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Wake Forest

Week 1

Game with 100 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

100

Scrimmage Yards

80.8 takeover

100 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#2

@ Liberty

Week 13 · L 21-38 · Conference game

20

Scrimmage Yards

61.3 takeover

Loss with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and 4.3 usage.

#3

@ Vanderbilt

Week 1

20

Scrimmage Yards

58.2 takeover

Game with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

20 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#4

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 3 · W 49-21 · Conference game

25

Scrimmage Yards

57.9 takeover

Win with 25 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

25 scrimmage yards and 7.6 usage.

#5

vs North Alabama

Week 1 · W 55-6

18

Scrimmage Yards

53 takeover

Win with 18 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

18 scrimmage yards and 9.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

57 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 3.2 usage

37.1

#2

2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

32.5

27 primary · 25.1 efficiency · 5.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games