Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017UConn
Nate Hopkins
RB • 6'1" • 212 lbs • Flower Mound, TX, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Nate Hopkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Holy Cross
Player Story
Nate Hopkins built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Nate Hopkins' career was his backfield work: 343...
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- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Nate Hopkins, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · UConn. Nate Hopkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 34.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 354
- Rushing yards
- 343
- Receiving yards
- 11
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Nate Hopkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 354
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · UConn
- Top game
- Holy Cross
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Marcus · UConn
- High school pipeline
- Marcus · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 354 scrimmage yards · RB 256th (top 43%) · American Athletic 69th (top 31%) · National 684th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | UConn | 11 | 354 | 343 | 11 | 7 | 54.9 |
Related Context
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Nate Hopkins played RB for UConn. Across 2 tracked seasons, Nate Hopkins recorded 343 rushing yards, 11 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
UConn paired 354 primary output with 34.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 34.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Holy Cross
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · UConn
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
32.2
Efficiency
34.6
Usage
13.5
Consistency
46.1
Best Game by takeover score
Holy Cross
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Holy Cross: 130. Virginia: 39. East Carolina: 32. SMU: 27. Memphis: 23. Temple: 5. Tulsa: 44. Missouri: 12. UCF: 0. Boston College: 4. Cincinnati: 38
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. Holy Cross: 20 by 67.7. Virginia: 11 by 36. East Carolina: 7 by 47.6. SMU: 10 by 28.1. Memphis: 6 by 39.9. Temple: 1 by 52.1. Tulsa: 22 by 19.6. Missouri: 5 by 25. UCF: 1 by 0. Boston College: 2 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 9 by 44
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins59.7 · Games = 3 · +37.8 vs Losses
Losses21.9 · Games = 8 · -37.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Holy Cross
Best efficiency game
67.7 vs Holy Cross
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Cincinnati | L 21-22 | 9 | 38 | 4.20 | 0 | — | — | 4.2 |
| Sun 11/19 | vs Boston College | L 16-39 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ UCF | L 24-49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Missouri | L 12-52 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | — | — | 2.4 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Tulsa | W 20-14 | 21 | 38 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Temple | W 28-24 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 |
| Fri 10/6 | vs Memphis | L 31-70 | 6 | 23 | 3.80 | 1 | — | — | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ SMU | L 28-49 | 10 | 27 | 2.70 | 1 | — | — | 2.7 |
| Sun 9/24 | vs East Carolina | L 38-41 | 7 | 32 | 4.60 | 1 | — | — | 4.6 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Virginia | L 18-38 | 10 | 34 | 3.40 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.5 |
| Thu 8/31 | vs Holy Cross100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 27-20 | 20 | 130 | 6.50 | 3 | — | — | 6.5 |
Player Story
Nate Hopkins story
Nate Hopkins built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a running back from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 11, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Nate Hopkins' career was his backfield work: 343 rushing yards, 92 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 11 receiving yards across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with UConn. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 11 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UConn.
The arc is straightforward: Nate Hopkins moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UConn
2016-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UConn | 354 | 34.6 | 13.5 | 354 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Holy Cross
Week 1 · W 27-20
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
130
Scrimmage Yards
85.2 takeover
130 scrimmage yards and 30.8 usage.
#2
vs Tulsa
Week 8 · W 20-14 · Conference game
44
Scrimmage Yards
50 takeover
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
44 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.
#3
@ Virginia
Week 3 · L 18-38
39
Scrimmage Yards
39.7 takeover
Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
39 scrimmage yards and 18.6 usage.
#4
@ Cincinnati
Week 13 · L 21-22 · Conference game
38
Scrimmage Yards
35.3 takeover
Loss with 38 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
38 scrimmage yards and 11.4 usage.
#5
vs East Carolina
Week 4 · L 38-41 · Conference game
32
Scrimmage Yards
34.8 takeover
Loss with 32 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
32 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · UConn
354 primary output · 34.6 efficiency · 13.5 usage
54.9
#2
2016 Regular Season · UConn
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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