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(Image via Getty: Dominique Hampton) With the 2025 NFL season just days away and the next preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals literally 10 days out, the Washington Commanders have come to a conclusion: to release their fifth-round 161st overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, Dominique Hampton. The brutal loss of 48-18 against the New England Patriots on August 9 likely played a role in this conclusion. Hampton only accumulated a total of five tackles! Let\u2019s dig deeper.<\/p>\n
Washington Commanders make drastic roster changes after one preseason game<\/p>\n
On August 9, the Commanders played against the Patriots. A day later, on August 11, the official Washington Commanders X account shared a long list of roster changes following just one 2025 preseason game: They have signed cornerback Essang Bassey, cornerback Antonio Hamilton Sr., and linebacker Duke Riley.They have released defensive end Viliami Fehoko Jr., cornerback Allan George, and linebacker Dominique Hampton.They have placed tackle Lucas Niang and cornerback Kevon Seymour on the Reserve\/Injured List.On 11 August, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn addressed the media about Hampton, “We did make that move today. If it’s not going to fit, we’d rather give him a chance to go and see if he could do this thing somewhere else. We’ve got a high regard for Dom. We absolutely loved working with him, but if it wasn’t going to fit for us, then we’re gonna try to give him a chance to go do that. Sometimes, it’s a little easier now than later.”<\/p>\n
Fans call out Washington Commanders\u2019 move of releasing their linebacker<\/p>\n
A fan shared his views about the linebacker bluntly, \u201cWasted a 5th round pick\u2026\u201d Another fan felt, \u201cNot Dominique he didn\u2019t even get a chance to prove his talents \ud83d\ude2a.\u201d A third fan pointed out, \u201cHampton looked lost out there Friday night.\u201d A fourth fan wrote in disbelief, \u201cDang Hampton got moved QUICK.\u201d A fifth fan expressed, \u201cHampton was terrible saw it coming.\u201d A sixth fan wondered, \u201cOne bad game and they cut Hampton?\u2026. Something doesn\u2019t add up\u2026unless they didn\u2019t like his habits off the field.\u201d A seventh fan sided with Hampton, \u201cNot at all surprised Dominique Hampton was cut, but rather surprised they did it now. Makes me wonder if they will sign him to the practice squad when the time comes or they just cut ties completely. He was bad Friday, but he wasn\u2019t the only one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. praised Dominique Hampton in offseason<\/p>\n
The cost of one game. The cost of one preseason game. It led the team to evict a player! Linebacker Dominique Hampton struggled to give his best in the first preseason game, despite being all-praised by the Linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. in the 2025 offseason\u2013\u201cDom has really worked hard this offseason. He\u2019s really changed his body. And he\u2019s strong, he\u2019s fast. He\u2019s really upped his ability to communicate, playing a middle linebacker. He has to do a great job of communicating. He\u2019s really upped his IQ about how to understand the defenses, because being in the middle and making different checks and calls, you have to be right. Now, when he says something, he knows it\u2019s important because everybody\u2019s listening.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dominique Hampton stats<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old played college football for the Washington Huskies as their safety. Hampton collected 109 total tackles, seven pass deflections, and two interceptions in a total of 57 games there. In the 2024 NFL Draft, the Commanders selected Hampton. He changed his position from safety at the Huskies to linebacker at the Commanders. On May 10, 2024, Dominique signed a four-year rookie contract worth $4.33 million. He played just one regular-season game for the Commanders in the 2024 NFL season. He failed to record any stats while playing six special-teams snaps. He was going to earn a base salary of $960,000 in the 2025 NFL season. But in the first game of the 2025 NFL Preseason against the New England Patriots, the 25-year-old linebacker only accumulated five tackles\u2013two solo and three assisted. If Hampton goes unclaimed on waivers, he may join the Commanders’ practice squad.Also Read: Shedeur Sanders\u2019 mom Pilar attracts attention and criticism for wearing a crop top | NFL News – Times of India<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image via Getty: Dominique Hampton) With the 2025 NFL season just days away and the next preseason game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,12714,54325,54321,54324,7,54327,6,54323,855,111,10421,54322,54326,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-283082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-commanders","9":"tag-dominique-hampton","10":"tag-dominique-hampton-linebacker","11":"tag-dominique-hampton-release","12":"tag-dominique-hampton-stats","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-ken-norton-jr-dominique-hampton","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-preseason-news-2025","17":"tag-washington","18":"tag-washington-commanders","19":"tag-washington-commanders-news","20":"tag-washington-commanders-roster-changes","21":"tag-washington-commanders-vs-new-england-patriots","22":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115017768258752860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}