Player Profile: Elmore Hempstead
#23 Elmore Hempstead
Position: Cornerback
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175
Class: Senior
Hometown: Smackover, Ark
High School: Smackover HS (Fort Scott CC)
2018 (Jr.): at Central Michigan: Made his Jayhawk debut seeing action at cornerback … Rutgers: Saw action at cornerback … Credited with his first tackle in the Crimson and Blue … at Baylor: Saw action on defense … Recorded two tackles … Oklahoma State: Saw action at cornerback … Credited with one tackle … Recorded his first-career interception as a Jayhawk … at West Virginia: Totaled one tackle … at Texas Tech: Saw action on special teams and in the secondary … Recorded three tackles … TCU: Recorded one tackle … Iowa State: Saw action in the secondary … Credited with two tackles.
2016-17 (Fr.-So. at Fort Scott CC): Rated a three-star prospect according to Rivals.com ... Played for head coach Kale Pick, a former KU standout wide receiver, at FSCC ... Tabbed Second Team All-KJCCC in 2017 ... Tallied 18 tackles and two interceptions as a sophomore ... Also had five pass breakups and one tackle-for-loss ... As a freshman, recorded 47 tackles, five interceptions, seven pass breakups and 1.5 TFLs ... Picked up Honorable Mention All-KJCCC honors in 2016.
High School: Earned four letters in football playing for head coach Brian Strickland at Smackover HS ... Helped lead SHS to a 26-7 record over his final three seasons ... Earned all-state and all-conference honors in football ... Also lettered in basketball and track & field ... Named all-region and all-conference in basketball ... An all-district honoree in track & field.
Personal: Son of Laprino Hempstead and Herbert Rayford ... Has three sisters; Whitney Moore and Chelsea and Jillian Hempstead ... Plans to major in sports medicine ... Chose Kansas over offers from Arizona State, Iowa State, Northern Illinois, Central Florida and UNLV.