#89

Brycen Hopkins

Former tight end at Purdue. 2019: 61 catches, 830 receiving yards, 7 TD.

TE · Purdue · Sr. · #89

6′5″ · 245 lb · Nashville, TN

Los Angeles — drafted 2020, Rd 4, Pick 30, #136 overall

The story

Former tight end at Purdue. 2019: 61 catches, 830 receiving yards, 7 TD.

Drafted round 4 by the Los Angeles in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 1,945 receiving yards — drafted at #136 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by Los Angelesround 4, pick 136

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Purdue

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #136

Los Angeles · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Gerad Parker

Purdue

2017–2019

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gerad Parker → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 7th NFL season

#136Rd 4 · Pick 30

Los AngelesEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

2017Purdue7-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Balanced

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (99th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile).

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

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2019

W 31–27

vs Nebraska

8 rec · 97 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With J. Plummer — 242 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 61 rush yds (12 car) · Z. Collins — 43 AVG · 48 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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@ 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@ 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	12.4	7	72

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology