Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Purdue
Brycen Hopkins
TE • 6'5" • 245 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Brycen Hopkins reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Brycen Hopkins built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Nashville, TN wearing No. 89, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Brycen Hopkins' career was his receiving role: 130...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 30
- Overall
- No. 136
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Rams
Brycen Hopkins, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue. Brycen Hopkins reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,945
- Receptions
- 130
- Touchdowns
- 16
Quick Answers
Brycen Hopkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,945
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ensworth · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Ensworth · 36 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 4 · Pick 30 · Los Angeles Rams
- Latest roster
- No. 89 · Senior
- 2019 Receiving yards rank
- 830 receiving yards · TE 2nd (top 1%) · Big Ten 10th (top 5%) · National 74th (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 6 | 10 | 183 | 4 | 37.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | Purdue | 11 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 23 | 324 | 3 | 51.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | Purdue | 12 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 58 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 32 | 564 | 2 | 58 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 61 | 830 | 7 | 78.7 |
Related Context
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Brycen Hopkins played TE for Purdue. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brycen Hopkins recorded 1,945 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Purdue paired 830 primary output with 78 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 73 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2017 Postseason · Purdue
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
31.7
Efficiency
73
Usage
11.8
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 25. Louisville: 34. Ohio: 85. Missouri: 22. Michigan: 29. Minnesota: 6. Wisconsin: 48. Nebraska: 23. Illinois: 53. Northwestern: 3. Iowa: 21
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 2 by 83.3. Louisville: 3 by 75.6. Ohio: 4 by 100. Missouri: 2 by 73.3. Michigan: 3 by 64.4. Minnesota: 1 by 40. Wisconsin: 2 by 100. Nebraska: 1 by 100. Illinois: 3 by 100. Northwestern: 1 by 20. Iowa: 3 by 46.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins35.3 · Games = 6 · +7.9 vs Losses
Losses27.4 · Games = 5 · -7.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Ohio
Best efficiency game
100 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/28 | vs Arizona | W 38-35 | — | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Iowa | W 24-15 | — | 3 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 11/12 | @ Northwestern | L 13-23 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Illinois | W 29-10 | — | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Nebraska | L 24-25 | — | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Wisconsin | L 9-17 | — | 2 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 31 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Minnesota | W 31-17 | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Michigan | L 10-28 | — | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 1 | 16 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Missouri | W 35-3 | — | 2 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Ohio | W 44-21 | — | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 21.30 | 1 | 38 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Louisville | L 28-35 | — | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 1 | 22 |
Player Story
Brycen Hopkins story
Brycen Hopkins built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a tight end from Nashville, TN wearing No. 89, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Brycen Hopkins' career was his receiving role: 130 catches, 1,945 receiving yards, and 16 touchdowns across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Brycen Hopkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Purdue | 183 | 71.1 | 6.1 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Purdue | 349 | 73 | 11.8 | 166 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Purdue | 349 | 73 | 11.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Purdue | 583 | 77.4 | 11.7 | 234 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Purdue | 583 | 77.4 | 11.7 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Purdue | 830 | 78 | 21.6 | 247 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana
Week 14 · L 41-44 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
142
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
142 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Maryland
Week 7 · W 40-14 · Conference game
140
Receiving Yards
97.3 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
140 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#3
@ Wisconsin
Week 13 · L 24-45 · Conference game
127
Receiving Yards
96 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
127 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Ohio
Week 2 · W 44-21
85
Receiving Yards
94.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
85 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs TCU
Week 3 · L 13-34
77
Receiving Yards
84.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
77 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Purdue
830 primary output · 78 efficiency · 21.6 usage
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#2
2018 Postseason · Purdue
58
583 primary · 77.4 efficiency · 11.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Purdue
58
583 primary · 77.4 efficiency · 11.7 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
4
8+ catch outings
4
2+ TD games
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