Player Career

Nate Hopkins Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    UConn

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUConn0
2017 Regular SeasonUConn35434.613.5354

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

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

1

2+ TD games