Devon Dampier (born October 4, 2004) is an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

quarterback The quarterback (QB) is a position in gridiron football who are members of the offensive side of the ball and mostly line up directly behind the Lineman (football), offensive line. In modern American football, the quarterback is usually consider ...

for the

Utah Utes The Utah Utes are the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City. The athletic department is named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans in the Unite ...

. He previously played for the

New Mexico Lobos The New Mexico Lobos are the sport, athletic teams that represent the University of New Mexico, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque. The university participates in the NCAA Division I in the Mountain West Conference (MW) since 1999 ...

Early life and high school

Dampier attended Saguaro High School in

Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in eastern Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Named Scottsdale in 1894 after its founder Winfield Scott (chaplain), Winfield Scott, a retired Chaplain Corps (United States ...

. He was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play

college football College football is gridiron football that is played by teams of amateur Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. It was through collegiate competition that gridiron football American football in the United States, firs ...

for the

over other schools such as Air Force, Arizona, and Northern Arizona.

College career

New Mexico

In week 5 of the 2023 season, Dampier threw for two touchdowns versus

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

. He finished the 2023 season playing in nine games with one start where he completed 40 of his 64 passing attempts for 525 yards and six touchdowns, while also rushing for 328 yards and four touchdowns on 59 carries. Heading into the 2024 season, Dampier was named the starting quarterback for the Lobos for their week one matchup versus Montana State. On December 5, 2024, Dampier announced that he would enter the transfer portal.

Utah

On December 11, 2024, Dampier announced that he would transfer to

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

Statistics

References

External links

New Mexico Lobos bioUtah Utes bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dampier, Devon 2004 births Living people Players of American football from Scottsdale, Arizona American football quarterbacks New Mexico Lobos football players Utah Utes football players