Grant Hampton (born March 27, 2003) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays as a

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for

Mercer Bears The Mercer Bears are the athletic teams of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States. Mercer is the only private university in Georgia with an NCAA Division I athletic program and fields teams in eight men's and nine women's sports. The ...

Club career

Born in Georgia, Hampton was raised in Chatham County and played high school soccer with

Islands High School Islands High School is a public high school located on Whitemarsh Island in unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, United States, east of Savannah (with a Savannah postal address). The school is part of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools ...

. On January 9, 2020, he signed a USL academy contract with USL League One club

Tormenta ''Tormenta'' (Portuguese for ''Storm'') is a Brazilian fantasy role-playing game campaign setting that has been played at various times with the rules system for ''AD&D'', ''Runequest'', D20 System or 3D&T. It was created in 1999 by Marcelo Ca ...

. The contract allowed him to play professionally while retaining his

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eligibility. Due to the

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delaying the USL League One season and cancelling the

USL League Two USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

season, Hampton did not make an appearance during 2020 season. Prior to the 2021 season, Hampton re-signed with Tormenta on a USL academy contract. On May 11, 2021, Hampton signed with Tormenta's

reserve side Tormenta 2. He made his debut for the side that same day in the season opener against

Southern Soccer Academy Southern Soccer Academy is a soccer club from Marietta, Georgia competing in the Deep South Division of USL League Two. They were set to begin play in the 2020 USL League Two season, however, the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandem ...

, coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute in the 3–1 victory. On May 29, 2021, Hampton made his senior debut in the league against Forward Madison, coming on as an 85th-minute substitute in the 1–3 defeat. In the fall of 2021, Hampton moved to play

at Mercer University.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hampton, Grant 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Georgia (U.S. state) American soccer players Association football midfielders Mercer Bears men's soccer players Tormenta FC 2 players Tormenta FC players USL League Two players USL League One players Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state)