PLAYER PROFILE: Hampus Hellermark

Current School/Club: Lidingö Saints     Country: Sweden
Height: 6-1 | Weight 200 lbs.
#6 | Position: RB
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Led the Sweden offense at the IFAF Junior World Championship with 42 carries for 207 yards… returned 3 kicks for a total of 70 yards… named to the JWC all-tournament second team… played at Staples High School in Westport, CT… was one of Sweden’s stars at the 2008 European Junior Championship in Seville, Spain… was Sweden’s main offensive threat at the EJC, compiling 109 all-purpose yards in the 9-6 championship game loss to Germany… in the tournament’s other games he recorded all-purpose yards as a receiver, rusher and returner totaling 125 yards vs. France, 228 yards vs. Spain and 120 yards vs. Russia, leading the team in each game… scored five touchdowns in those three games… was the 2008 European Junior Championship tournament MVP… was the rushing title winner at the EJC with a 14.3 yard average per play… plays his junior club football for a new team, which he helped form, the Lidingö Saints… has been playing football for nine years… grew up playing for the STU Northside Bulls… has won four national championships in Sweden and two national championship game MVP awards… favorite NFL players are Adrian Peterson for his pure athleticism, Chris Johnson for his amazing speed and unique ability to make plays and Chad Ochocinco… during the Swedish winter is an active skier and also spends a lot of time in the gym… in the summer enjoys wakeboarding and water sports… would like to meet US President Barack Obama and Hu Jintao to discuss what actions they are willing to take to prevent climate change… greatest football memory came at Staples High School when beating biggest rival New Canaan Rams in second overtime… speaks Swedish, English, French and Italian.