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Player Dossier
2024-2025Kennesaw State
Baron Hopson
LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Leesburg, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Baron Hopson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Kennesaw State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Player Story
Baron Hopson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Leesburg, GA wearing No. 44, spending time with Kennesaw State. The clearest part of Baron Hopson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyBaron Hopson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State. Baron Hopson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 158
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Baron Hopson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kennesaw State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 158
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State
- Top game
- Florida International
- High school pipeline
- Green Canyon · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 44 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 139 tackles · LB 4th (top 1%) · Conference USA 1st (top 1%) · National 4th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 4 | 19 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 15.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Kennesaw State | 14 | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 79.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 14 | 127 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 79.3 |
Related Context
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Baron Hopson played LB for Kennesaw State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Baron Hopson recorded 158 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kennesaw State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Kennesaw State paired 19.5 primary output with 53.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 53.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
53.5
Usage
12.8
Consistency
63.5
Best Game by takeover score
Florida International
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0.5. Wake Forest: 0.5. Indiana: 1. Merrimack: 1.5. Arkansas State: 2. Middle Tennessee: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida International: 3. UTEP: 1.5. New Mexico State: 2. Jacksonville State: 1.5. Missouri State: 3. Liberty: 2. Jacksonville State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 12 by 55. Wake Forest: 11 by 50.8. Indiana: 5 by 30.8. Merrimack: 6 by 40. Arkansas State: 14 by 70. Middle Tennessee: 11 by 45.8. Louisiana Tech: 10 by 41.7. Florida International: 12 by 80. UTEP: 10 by 56.7. New Mexico State: 8 by 53.3. Jacksonville State: 10 by 56.7. Missouri State: 8 by 63.3. Liberty: 16 by 70. Jacksonville State: 6 by 35
Split Comparison
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Wins1.6 · Games = 10 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
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14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
80 vs Florida International
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | @ Western Michigan10+ tackles | L 6-41 | 12 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | @ Jacksonville State | W 19-15 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Liberty10+ tackles · Splash game | W 48-42 | 16 | 12 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Missouri StateSplash game | W 41-34 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Jacksonville State10+ tackles | L 26-35 | 10 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ New Mexico StateSplash game | W 24-21 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 10/29 | vs UTEP10+ tackles | W 33-20 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/21 | @ Florida International10+ tackles · Splash game | W 45-26 | 12 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Thu 10/9 | vs Louisiana Tech10+ tackles | W 35-7 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Middle Tennessee10+ tackles | W 24-16 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Arkansas State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 28-21 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Merrimack | W 27-13 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Indiana | L 9-56 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Wake Forest10+ tackles | L 9-10 | 11 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Baron Hopson story
Baron Hopson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Leesburg, GA wearing No. 44, spending time with Kennesaw State. The clearest part of Baron Hopson's career was his defensive production: 158 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 18 career games in the available record. That gives Baron Hopson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Kennesaw State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 1 | 21.3 | 3.2 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Kennesaw State | 19.5 | 53.5 | 12.8 | 18.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kennesaw State | 19.5 | 53.5 | 12.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 107 Florida International
Week 9 · W 45-26 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 108 Missouri State
Week 13 · W 41-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 102 Liberty
Week 14 · W 48-42 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 100 Arkansas State
Week 4 · W 28-21
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Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 12 · L 26-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State
19.5 primary output · 53.5 efficiency · 12.8 usage
79.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
79.3
19.5 primary · 53.5 efficiency · 12.8 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State
15.3
1 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
5
Splash games
10
10+ tackle games
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