Brycen Hopkins

#89 · TE · Sr. · Purdue6′5″ · 245 lb · Nashville, TN

Brycen Hopkins: TE · Purdue · #89.

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Brycen Hopkins

TE · Purdue · Sr · #89

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches at Purdue: Gerad Parker and Jeff Brohm. Named All-Big Ten two seasons running, most recently in 2019. On tape: 142 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Indiana, Week 14, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Purdue in the news

Purdue releases unofficial depth chart247Sports Oct 30
NCAA sues Ohio governor over eligibility orderOct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Purdue	61	830	13.6	7	72
2018	Purdue	34	583	17.1	2	74
2017	Purdue	25	349	14.0	3	38
2016	Purdue	10	183	18.3	4	51
Career		130	1,945	15.0	16	74

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 31-34@ Nevada	6	84	14.0	1	26
Wk 2	W 42-24vs Vanderbilt	3	41	13.7	2	20	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 13-34vs TCU	4	77	19.3	0	38
Wk 6	L 7-35@ No. 12 Penn State	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 7	W 40-14vs Maryland	10	140	14.0	0	38	140-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 20-26@ No. 23 Iowa	5	51	10.2	0	28
Wk 9	L 6-24vs Illinois	5	45	9.0	0	20
Wk 10	W 31-27vs Nebraska	8	97	12.1	0	26
Wk 11	W 24-22@ Northwestern	3	23	7.7	0	10
Wk 13	L 24-45@ No. 14 Wisconsin	8	127	15.9	2	37	2 TD catches
Wk 14	L 41-44vs Indiana	8	142	17.8	2	72	Season-high 142 yds
Total		61	830	13.6	7	72

Signature game

Week 13 · 2019

L 24-45

at Wisconsin

8 rec · 127 yds · 2 TD

With A. O'Connell — 289 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · M. Wright — 3 rec · 74 yds · 37 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Indiana · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +6.93Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 72 yds for a TD INDIANA Penalty, Defensive offside (2 Yards) to the Ind 1 (J.D. Dellinger KICK)
Week 7 · Maryland · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +4.38Jack Plummer pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 38 yds to the Mary 26 for a
Week 3 · TCU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.09Jack Plummer pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 38 yds to the TCU 41 for a
Week 13 · Wisconsin · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.05Milton Wright pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 37 yds for a TD (J.D. Dellinger KICK)
Week 3 · TCU · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.77Jack Plummer pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 20 yds to the TCU 47 for a
Week 2 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.72Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 12 yds for a TD, (J.D. Dellinger KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Nevada · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 21 yds to the Nevad 41 for a
Week 10 · Nebraska · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Jack Plummer pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 14 yds to the Neb 46 for a
Week 2 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Elijah Sindelar pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 20 yds for a TD, (J.D. Dellinger KICK)
Week 13 · Wisconsin · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.61Aidan O'Connell pass complete to Brycen Hopkins for 7 yds for a TD (J.D. Dellinger KICK)

Teams and coaches

2016Purdue3-9HC: Darrell Hazell and Gerad Parker · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

2018Purdue6-7HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (81st percentile). Strength: rec yards (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#133 / 728 · 81st pct

18.2%

EPA / target#179 / 728 · 75th pct

0.71

TD rate#246 / 728 · 66th pct

6.8%

Yards / catch#252 / 728 · 65th pct

13.6

Catch rate#356 / 728 · 51st pct

69.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#2 / 128 · 99th pct

830

Receptions#2 / 128 · 99th pct

Long catch#4 / 128 · 97th pct

Rec TDs#4 / 128 · 95th pct

Yards / catch#33 / 128 · 74th pct

13.6

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

86th → 75th percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 81st percentile

Catch rate

69th → 51st percentile

TD rate

41st → 66th percentile

Yards / catch

91st → 65th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	6.3	90.3	14.3	0.7
Road5g	4.6	57.6	10.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.8	69.0	12.8	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	80.8	12.1	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Pass share

60.5%

518 pass / 338 run

Plays / game

71.3

12 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

563 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Brycen Hopkins

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Four seasons at Purdue, drafted

2018 12 games

2019 11 games

2020