UTAH: Walk-on made four career starts at tight end … two-time Pac-12 All-Academic. 2016–Played in 13 games with three starts at tight end (UCLA, Oregon, Colorado) … also played on special teams … second-team Pac-12 All-Academic. 2015–Played in the last 11 games and started at tight end against USC … also played on special teams … one reception for 29 yards against Arizona State … 10-yard kickoff return against Cal … honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic. 2014–Played for the scout teams … lettered. 2013–Played for the scout teams … made the Dean’s List spring semester and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall. 2012–Redshirt … made the Dean’s List fall semester.
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time all-league at Mountain View HS (Calif.) … league’s 2011 Outstanding Defensive Lineman … 88 tackles as a senior, when he also caught 32 passes for 425 yards and six touchdowns … team captain … lettered in football, basketball and track … won two league championships in basketball … threw discus and shot put in track … scholar-athlete award.
PERSONAL: Son of Mike and Cathy Hampel … one sister … math major … full name is Kenneth Robert Hampel … born March 9, 1994.