Lorenzo Hampton

Lorenzo Timothy Hampton (born March 12, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s. Hampton played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins.

Early life

Hampton was born in Lake Wales, Florida in 1962. He attended Lake Wales High School, and he played high school football for the Lake Wales Highlanders.

College career

Hampton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Charley Pell and coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators teams from 1981 to 1984. Hampton shared the Gators' backfield with fellow running backs John L. Williams and Neal Anderson from 1982 to 1984, and he was often used as a blocking back when Williams and Anderson were the ball carriers. Memorably, he ran for 138 yards against the Florida State Seminoles in 1982. He played for coach Don Shula's Dolphins for five years from to . Hampton started in thirty-three of the seventy games in which he played, and finished his career with 500 carries for 1,949 rushing yards and twenty-two touchdowns, 123 receptions for 954 receiving yards and six touchdowns, and ninety-six kickoff returns for 2,025 yards.

NFL career statistics Legend Bold Career high

Year Team Games Rushing Receiving GP GS Att Yds Avg Lng TD Rec Yds Avg Lng TD 1985 MIA 16 1 105 369 3.5 15 3 8 56 7.0 15 0 1986 MIA 16 16 186 830 4.5 54 9 61 446 7.3 19 3 1987 MIA 12 7 75 289 3.9 34 1 23 223 9.7 24 0 1988 MIA 16 10 117 414 3.5 33 9 23 204 8.9 39 3 1989 MIA 10 0 17 47 2.8 9 0 8 25 3.1 12 0 Career 70 34 500 1,949 3.9 54 22 123 954 7.8 39 6

Life after the NFL

Hampton's charitable foundation, Lemon-Aid Makers, runs a series of South Florida summer football camps in for inner-city elementary and middle school boys ages 7 to 14.

As of 2010, Hampton had been married to his wife Marcia for nineteen years. They have two children: a daughter, Loren, and a son, Lorenzo, Jr.