#11

Nate Hopkins

Running back for UConn. 2017: 343 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 2 catches.

RB · UConn · #11

6′1″ · 212 lb · Flower Mound, TX

UConn 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1624 nationally · Signed with UConn

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 running back for UConn. 2017: 343 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 2 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UConn in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at UConn, 343 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2016

Signed with UConn3-star out of Flower Mound Marcus

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1624 national

CFB

College

UConn

2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017UConn3-9HC: Randy Edsall · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (90th percentile). Concern: receptions (6th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 90th pct

Rush TDs#78 / 328 · 73rd pct

Carries#178 / 328 · 45th pct

Long run#209 / 328 · 36th pct

Rush yards#230 / 328 · 30th pct

343

Yards / carry#293 / 328 · 9th pct

3.7

Rec yards#294 / 315 · 7th pct

Receptions#289 / 315 · 6th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	39.8	3.5	1.0
Road5g	20.8	3.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	41.8	4.3	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	18.4	2.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	UConn	92	343	3.7	7	--
Career		92	343	3.7	7	--

Season	Team
2017	UConn	2	11	5.5	0	--
Career		2	11	5.5	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 27–20

vs Holy Cross

130 rush yds (20 car) · 3 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With B. Graham — 40 AVG · 44 LONG · 6 NO · D. Pindell — 154 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 35.1 · 33 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20vs Holy Cross	20	130	6.5	3	37	Season-high 130 yds
Wk 3	L 18-38@ Virginia	10	34	3.4	0	17
Wk 4	L 38-41vs East Carolina	7	32	4.6	1	16
Wk 5	L 28-49@ SMU	10	27	2.7	1	10
Wk 6	L 31-70vs Memphis	6	23	3.8	1	11
Wk 7	W 28-24@ Temple	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 8	W 20-14vs Tulsa	21	38	1.8	1	7
Wk 9	L 12-52vs Missouri	5	12	2.4	0	11
Wk 11	L 24-49@ UCF	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 12	L 16-39vs Boston College	2	4	2.0	0	3
Wk 13	L 21-22@ Cincinnati	9	38	4.2	0	9
Total		92	343	3.3	7	37

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