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UTEP Miners

2016 Football Roster

49 Gene Hopkins

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 245
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Elgin, Texas
  • Highschool Elgin HS

Biography

2016 (FRESHMAN): Played in 10 contests, making five starts in the last six games … tallied 13 tackles (10 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss (17 yards), a sack and a forced fumble … recorded first career tackles (two) at no. 11 Texas … followed with a career-high five stops against Army … notched a pair of tackles, a quarterback sack and a forced fumble on the sack at Rice … recorded two tackles during a 5OT win at UTSA … tallied a tackle against Old Dominion and another one during a victory over Houston Baptist.


2015: Redshirted.

PRIOR TO UTEP: Played three years of varsity football for the Wildcats ... recorded 146 tackles (74 solo), 25 tackles for losses, 10 sacks, nine hurries, three breakups, three forced fumbles and one blocked punt during his career (35 games) ... during senior season recorded career-high 54 tackles (17 solo), 8.0 tackles for losses, 5.0 sacks (25 yards), three hurries, two forced fumbles and a blocked punt in 11 games ... named to 2014 District 17-5A first team defense ... posted career-highs in tackles (10), tackles for losses (4.0) and sacks (2.0) during a win over Manor ... finished with 8.0 tackles and a hurry in a victory over Bastrop (9/5) ... notched four stops and a sack in a triumph over Hutto ... against Temple tallied five tackles and a sack ... during junior season posted 45 tackles (25 solo), 7.0 tackles for losses, six hurries, a sack and a forced fumble ... opened 2013 with a season-high six tackles in a win over Rudder (8/30) ... tied season-high in tackles during a victory over Georgetown, while causing a fumble ... tallied a sack and five stops in a triumph over Pflugerville Connally ... named to 2013 District 17-4A first-team defense ... also competed on the varsity basketball team.

PERSONAL: Full name is Gene Autry Hopkins III … son of Gene Autry Hopkins, Jr. and Kathy Hopkins … has two brothers and three sisters … brother D.J. Ross plays at West Texas A&M … was on student council in high school … born in Arkansas … undecided major.

Statistics

Season:
2016

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Historical Player Information

  • 90

    2015Freshman

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    90
  • 49

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    49