Members of the 2019 TAJ-Talented 10th Black College All-American Team.
During the month of February, (Black History Month) members of the All-American team will be featured on the UrbanmediaToday.com website daily. Today we put the spot light on:
Jackson State’s Deonte Hampton : (Linebacker)
#40 Sophomore
6’2″ 225lbs
West Point, Mississippi
(West Point High School)
2019 First Team All -SWAC Conference Team
2019 SWAC Defensive Player of the Year
This 6’2″ 225 pound Red-Shirt Sophomore was a major problem for all Tigers opponents racking up 106 tackles, 13 tackles for loss (Including 4.5 sacks )and he forced a fumble. Deonte Hampton also registered a pass breakup this season not to mention 69 of his tackles were solo tackles.
I’m from West Point‼️ We built different🦍 https://t.co/c4faTcE1OW
— Keonte Hampton (@Hamp3200) December 18, 2019
Hampton excelled on the gridiron with double digit tackles in 5 games. What is truly amazing is that the sophomore gobbled up 15 tackles in the game against South Alabama and two weeks later he gobbled up 13 tackles against Grambling State. Not to mention 10 of those tackles in the GSU game were solo tackles. Speaking of tackles all by his lonesome; there were two games in which Hampton executed double digit tackles one was Grambling and the other was in the game against Mississippi Valley State.
KnewThis🦍 https://t.co/LkucYRR9fP
— Jashon (@15_jbj) December 5, 2019
During one stretch during this past season Keonte registered a sack in 3 straight games (Mississippi Valley State,Prairie View A&M and UAPB); as a matter of fact in those three games he average 9 tackles per outing. In the MVSU game in addition to his 14 tackles (10 solo) the young tiger executed a sack and forced a fumble. So it is very clear that the 2019 SWAC Defensive player of the Year has put all Tiger Opponents on alert that when he roars it is time to pay attention.
