Germone Hopper

#5 · WR · Clemson6′0″ · Charlotte, NC · Phillip O. Berry Academy

Germone Hopper: WR · Clemson · #5.

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Germone Hopper

WR · Clemson · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Second year in the Clemson receiving corps. A game that shows it: 120 receiving yards and 3 receptions against Wake Forest — Week 12, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

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

Clemson in the news

Clemson WR out for FSU gameTigerNet Oct 31
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Josh Pate criticizes Clemson, Dabo Swinney's buyoutHeavy Oct 29
$57M Swinney buyout figure disclosedThe Clemson Insider Oct 28

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Clemson	21	317	15.1	1	63
2014	Clemson	27	331	12.3	3	74
Career		48	648	13.5	4	74

Season	Team
2015	Clemson	--	−7
2014	Clemson	1	−6
Career		1	−13

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 49-10vs Wofford	2	27	13.5	0	25
Wk 2	W 41-10vs App State	1	23	23.0	0	23
Wk 6	W 43-24vs Georgia Tech	1	32	32.0	0	32
Wk 7	W 34-17vs Boston College	2	20	10.0	0	10
Wk 10	W 23-13vs No. 17 Florida State	3	18	6.0	0	10
Wk 11	W 37-27@ Syracuse	5	44	8.8	0	16
Wk 12	W 33-13vs Wake Forest	3	120	40.0	1	63	Season-high 120 yds
Wk 13	W 37-32@ South Carolina	4	33	8.3	0	11
Total		21	317	15.1	1	63

Signature game

Week 12 · 2015

W 33-13

vs Wake Forest

3 rec · 120 yds · 1 TD

With D. Watson — 343 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 87.5 · 44 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · D. Cain — 35 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 4 rec · 29 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +5.48Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 47 yds for a TD, (Ammon Lakip KICK)
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +4.47Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 63 yds to the WFrst 6 for a
Week 1 · Wofford · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.43Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 25 yds to the Woffd 1 for a
Week 7 · Boston College · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +1.75Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 10 yds to the Clem 41 for a
Week 7 · Boston College · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +1.09Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 10 yds to the Clem 33 for a
Week 13 · South Carolina · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +1.05Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 10 yds to the Clem 30 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.95Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 14 yds to the Syrac 39 for a
Week 2 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +0.78Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 23 yds to the AppSt 21 for a
Week 12 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +0.76Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 10 yds to the Clem 21 for a
Week 13 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.60Deshaun Watson pass complete to Germone Hopper for 11 yds to the SCaro 36 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Dabo Swinney, all run-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 24-4 over that span.

2014Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2015Clemson14-1HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (89th percentile). Concern: rec tds (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#22 / 684 · 97th pct

87.0%

EPA / target#74 / 684 · 89th pct

0.80

Explosive rate#103 / 684 · 85th pct

17.4%

Yards / catch#177 / 684 · 74th pct

14.2

TD rate#328 / 684 · 51st pct

4.3%

Box-score rates (5)

Long catch#128 / 521 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#134 / 521 · 74th pct

15.1

Rec yards#328 / 521 · 37th pct

317

Receptions#376 / 521 · 26th pct

Rec TDs#364 / 521 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

31st → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

77th → 85th percentile

Catch rate

87th → 97th percentile

TD rate

66th → 51st percentile

Yards / catch

46th → 74th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. 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

2015 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	40.0	20.8	0.2
Road2g	4.5	38.5	8.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.5	25.5	19.6	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	53.8	15.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Pass share

44.2%

526 pass / 663 run

Plays / game

79.3

15 games

Team sack rate

3.1%

551 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

21 catches in 8 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Germone Hopper

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

21 catches in 8 games

Four seasons at Clemson

2012