Education
When his family moved to North Queensland he attended Mareeba State High School and played his junior football for the Mareeba Gladiators.
When his family moved to North Queensland he attended Mareeba State High School and played his junior football for the Mareeba Gladiators.
He plays at five-eighth, halfback and fullback. Born in Temora, New South Wales, Hampton went to Temora West Public School until year 6 and played junior rugby league for the Temora Dragons. Hampton was signed by National Rugby League club the Melbourne Storm and put into a development program
Hampton played for the Storm in the Toyota Cup and represented Queensland at under-15, under-16 and under-18 level
In 2012 Hampton was promoted to the Melbourne Storm"s full-time squad and selected to captain the Maroons in the inaugural U20 State of Origin match. In Round 18 against the Canterbury-Bulldogs Hampton played his second and final match for the Storm in the 39-0 loss at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Stadium.
Hampton played 2 NRL matches and scored 2 tries for the Storm in the 2013 NRL season. Hampton mostly played for the Storms feeder teams in the NSW and QLD Cup the Cronulla Sharks and Eastern Suburbs Tigers.
2014
Due to the departure of Gareth Widdop to the Street George Illawarra Dragons and Brett Finch retiring, Hampton has cemented the five-eighth position of his own until Round 16 when he was over chosen by the inform Roberts and didn’t play in first again for the rest of the year.
On 30 July 2014, Hampton re-signed with the Storm on a 2-year contract keeping him with the club to the end of the 2016 season. Hampton finished the Storms 2014 NRL season with him playing in 11 matches and scoring 2 tries. 2015
On 31 January and 1 February, Hampton played for the Storm in the 2015 NRL Auckland Nines.
He finished off the 2015 season having played in 3 matches and scoring 1 try for the Storm, playing most the year for the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Queensland Cup.
2016
On 1 February, Hampton was named in the Storm"s 2016 NRL Auckland Nines squad.