Casey Hampton
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| Pittsburgh Steelers — No. 98 | |
| Defensive tackle | |
| Date of birth: September 3, 1977 | |
| Place of birth: Galveston, Texas | |
| Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Weight: 325 lb (147 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2001 for the Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Career history | |
| College: Texas | |
| NFL Draft: 2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19 | |
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Casey Hampton, Jr.[1] (born September 3, 1977 in Galveston, Texas), also known as Casey "Hamburger", is an American Football nose tackle who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. He is a throwback to the Steelers Steel Curtain era, wide-framed with a thick chest, wide hips and big thighs, as opposed to the modern, "Sleek" defensive lineman theory, which is more like having four defensive ends. He is very instinctive and explodes through the line. Hampton can defeat a blocker with strength and all-out effort and has a low center of gravity that allows him to gain leverage against opponents. He is a tough, durable field leader for the Steelers.
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[edit] High School Years
Hampton attended Ball High School in Galveston, Texas and was a letterman in football. He was twice named as the District's Defensive Player of the Year, and as a senior, he was a Class 5A All-State first team selection.
[edit] Personal Life
Casey Hampton was recently married in July 2007 to his long time college girlfriend, in Houston Texas. They have a son together also named Casey.
[edit] College and Professional Football Career
Casey Hampton attended the University of Texas and started 37 consecutive games for the Longhorns. He became the first defensive lineman to lead the team in tackles two consecutive seasons (1999-2000) and recorded 329 tackles (177 solos) to rank 11th on the school's all-time list. Hampton registered 56 quarterback pressures and caused nine fumbles in his college career and earned All-American first-team honors as a senior from The Football Writers Association, The Sporting News, Walter Camp and The Sports Xchange. As a Texas Longhorn, he was also consensus All-Big 12 Conference first-team selection and Defensive Player of the Year. Hampton was an All-America first-team selection by the Football Writers Association and Associated Press as a junior in 1999. In 1998 he was named the team's Most Consistent Defensive Player and started every game. That season, he recorded 60 tackles (29 solos) with two sacks and eight stops for losses and registered six quarterback pressures, five pass deflections and recovered one fumble. He also appeared in three games in 1997 before being granted a medical redshirt but played in every game as a true freshman in 1996, starting six at nose guard and recorded 77 tackles (51 solos), one sack and seven stops for losses. [2] In his freshman season he also had three quarterback pressures and a forced fumble. Hampton majored in history. In 2000, The Daily Texan, the student daily paper at Texas, characterized Hampton as "relentless," even quoting Hampton. "The way I see it, you never know when your last play is going to be," Texas' star defensive tackle said. "So you should go hard all the time. There's no reason to take a play off.." At the time, Hampton was 6'1 and 325 lbs and safety Greg Brown said "I have never seen him ta