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Messiah Hampton
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bronx, N.Y.
- High School:
- James Monroe HS
High School
A consensus four-star recruit according to ESPN, 247Sports, and Rivals ... The consensus top prospect in New York ... The No. 81 overall player and No. 36 wide receiver according to ESPN … The No. 15 wide receiver according to Rivals … The No. 105 overall pick, No. 1 wide receiver, and No. 1 overall player in New York according to PrepStar Magazine ... Lined up on both sides of the ball, playing wide receiver and free safety ... All-time receiving leader at James Monroe High School with 2,300 career receiving yards ... As a senior, helped James Monroe to an 11-0 record and the NYSPHSAA 2025 Football Championship Game (Dec. 6) … Has totaled 1,079 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns on 56 catches, averaging 98.09 yards per game ... Ranks fifth in New York for total receiving yards ... Has added 259 rushing yards on 10 carries with four touchdowns … Has recorded 62 total tackles, including 40 solo, while adding two interceptions for 36 yards lost ... Also has 56 yards on six punt returns ... Had a career-high 12 total tackles in a 28-0 win against Brockport ... Had eight multi-tackle games, including double-figure tackle games against Bishop Timon-St. Jude and Honeoye Falls-Lima ... Recorded a career-best 223 receiving yards and scored a pair of touchdowns in a 50-0 shutout of Batavia ... Scored a receiving TD in five consecutive games, including two-score games against Honeoye Falls-Lima and Batavia ... Picked up 100-plus receiving yards against Rochester Prep, Brockport, Honeoye Falls-Lima and Batavia ... Caught seven passes for 62 yards with a pair of touchdowns in a playoff game against Lackawanna while adding a 70-yard rushing touchdown … Made four catches for 127 yards and a touchdown and added 77 yards and a rushing score in the semifinals against Owego Free Academy … As a junior, caught 56 passes for 869 yards and eight touchdowns and picked up 59 yards and a rushing touchdown on seven carries ... Added 42 tackles and an interception on defense ... Handled punt return duties, collecting three touchdowns and 421 yards on 12 returns ... Earned first-team all-state honors ... Named MaxPreps's Offensive Player of the Year for 2023 season ... Competed in Overtime’s OT7 Championship ... Posted season-best tackling performances with eight total against East/World of Inquiry and Brighton ... Scored a pair of receiving touchdowns in consecutive games vs. Greece Athena and Eastridge ... Had two 100-plus receiving games in wins over Greece Arcadia and Greece Athena ... Scored both a rushing and receiving touchdown in the season opener against Wilson Magnet ... As a sophomore, caught 34 passes for 497 yards and 13 touchdowns while adding 26 tackles and an interception ... Returned 10 punts, totaling 280 yards and added a pair of touchdowns ... Scored multiple touchdowns in seven of eight games, including back-to-back three-score games against Wayne and Rochester Prep ... Opened the season with five catches for a season-best 123 yards and a touchdown against Honeoye Falls-Lima ... Made five tackles against Rochester Prep and Batavia ... Had first career interception against Wayne … A two-sport athlete at James Monroe High School, also running track and field … Also recruited by Appalachian State, Arkansas, Auburn, Boston College, Buffalo, California, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Marshall, Maryland, Michigan, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Southern Miss, Syracuse, Texas, Toledo, UConn, UMass, USC, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
A consensus four-star recruit according to ESPN, 247Sports, and Rivals ... The consensus top prospect in New York ... The No. 81 overall player and No. 36 wide receiver according to ESPN … The No. 15 wide receiver according to Rivals … The No. 105 overall pick, No. 1 wide receiver, and No. 1 overall player in New York according to PrepStar Magazine ... Lined up on both sides of the ball, playing wide receiver and free safety ... All-time receiving leader at James Monroe High School with 2,300 career receiving yards ... As a senior, helped James Monroe to an 11-0 record and the NYSPHSAA 2025 Football Championship Game (Dec. 6) … Has totaled 1,079 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns on 56 catches, averaging 98.09 yards per game ... Ranks fifth in New York for total receiving yards ... Has added 259 rushing yards on 10 carries with four touchdowns … Has recorded 62 total tackles, including 40 solo, while adding two interceptions for 36 yards lost ... Also has 56 yards on six punt returns ... Had a career-high 12 total tackles in a 28-0 win against Brockport ... Had eight multi-tackle games, including double-figure tackle games against Bishop Timon-St. Jude and Honeoye Falls-Lima ... Recorded a career-best 223 receiving yards and scored a pair of touchdowns in a 50-0 shutout of Batavia ... Scored a receiving TD in five consecutive games, including two-score games against Honeoye Falls-Lima and Batavia ... Picked up 100-plus receiving yards against Rochester Prep, Brockport, Honeoye Falls-Lima and Batavia ... Caught seven passes for 62 yards with a pair of touchdowns in a playoff game against Lackawanna while adding a 70-yard rushing touchdown … Made four catches for 127 yards and a touchdown and added 77 yards and a rushing score in the semifinals against Owego Free Academy … As a junior, caught 56 passes for 869 yards and eight touchdowns and picked up 59 yards and a rushing touchdown on seven carries ... Added 42 tackles and an interception on defense ... Handled punt return duties, collecting three touchdowns and 421 yards on 12 returns ... Earned first-team all-state honors ... Named MaxPreps's Offensive Player of the Year for 2023 season ... Competed in Overtime’s OT7 Championship ... Posted season-best tackling performances with eight total against East/World of Inquiry and Brighton ... Scored a pair of receiving touchdowns in consecutive games vs. Greece Athena and Eastridge ... Had two 100-plus receiving games in wins over Greece Arcadia and Greece Athena ... Scored both a rushing and receiving touchdown in the season opener against Wilson Magnet ... As a sophomore, caught 34 passes for 497 yards and 13 touchdowns while adding 26 tackles and an interception ... Returned 10 punts, totaling 280 yards and added a pair of touchdowns ... Scored multiple touchdowns in seven of eight games, including back-to-back three-score games against Wayne and Rochester Prep ... Opened the season with five catches for a season-best 123 yards and a touchdown against Honeoye Falls-Lima ... Made five tackles against Rochester Prep and Batavia ... Had first career interception against Wayne … A two-sport athlete at James Monroe High School, also running track and field … Also recruited by Appalachian State, Arkansas, Auburn, Boston College, Buffalo, California, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Marshall, Maryland, Michigan, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Southern Miss, Syracuse, Texas, Toledo, UConn, UMass, USC, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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