With Pick 3B in the 2024 Draft GB Selects Ty'Ron Hopper LB

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  • 2023 Second-Team All-SEC (Coaches)
  • 2023 Butkus Award Finalist
  • 2023 Bronco Nagurski Award Watch List
  • 2023 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
  • 2023 Senior Bowl Watch List
2023 (Senior): Hopper’s 55 tackles through 10 games led the Missouri defense, before a November injury forced him to the sideline for the final two contests of the regular season ... named a second-team All-SEC pick by the conference's head coaches ... named one of five finalists for the Butkus Award, honoring the nation’s most outstanding linebacker … became the third Mizzou player to earn finalist honors for the Butkus Award, joining Nick Bolton (2020) and Sean Weatherspoon (2008, 2009) ... created havoc on the field all season long, leading the recording six tackles for a loss to go along with three sacks, six QB hurries and three pass break ups ... named the Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 18 following MU's win against Kansas State (Sept. 16) featuring eight tackles, one for loss, and a pair of quarterback hurries and pass break ups ... registered a season-best 10 tackles and a sack against No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 4) … listed on the watchlists for the Bronko Nagurski Award and Chuck Bednarik Award, both of which honor the top defensive player in college football.

2022 (Junior): Saw action in all 13 games this season, making 12 starts … the Florida transfer finished the regular season second on the team with 77 total tackles, led the team with 14 tackles-for-loss, led the team with six QB hurries, 2.5 sacks and one interception … compiled 5+ tackles eight times … did it all in the season opener, recording a team-high six tackles, two tackles-for-loss, one sack, and snagged his first career INT in the win against LA Tech (Sept. 1) … had a team-high nine tackles at Auburn (Sept. 24) in a game that also saw him record 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack … totalled seven tackles and a TFL against Georgia (Oct. 1) … recorded seven tackles and a TFL against Vanderbilt (Oct. 22) … made three tackles and two TFL’s at South Carolina (Oct. 29) … had four tackles, one TFL and 0.5 sacks against Kentucky (Nov. 5) … led the team with 11 tackles, tacked on a pair of TFLs against Arkansas (Nov. 26) ... had nine tackles in the Gasparilla Bowl against Wake Forest (Dec. 23).

Prior to Mizzou: Spent three seasons at Florida before transferring and joining the Tigers ... saw game action on defense and special teams in all 13 games in 2021 including four starts, totaling two pass breakups, 65 tackles (34 solo) 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, one forced fumble and one QB hit … had four tackles (three solo), 1.5 TFLs and one sack in the Gasparilla Bowl vs. UCF (Dec. 23) … tallied nine tackles (three solo), 0.5 TFLs and one forced fumble vs. FSU (Nov. 27) … racked up a career-high 12 tackles (11 solo) and two tackles for loss at Missouri (Nov. 20) … appeared in 11 games for the Gators in 2020, finishing with 15 total tackles (five solo, 10 assisted) and one tackle for loss as a redshirt freshman … registered his first tackle of the season against Missouri (Oct. 31) … logged his second solo tackle of the season versus Georgia (Nov. 7) … recorded four tackles and a tackle for a loss of three yards against Arkansas (Nov. 14), as well as an assisted sack … added another three assisted tackles at Vanderbilt (Nov. 21) … recorded one assisted tackle against Alabama (Dec. 19) in the SEC Championship Game … Finished with three solo tackles against Oklahoma (Dec. 30) in the Cotton Bowl … made an appearance in four games as a reserve linebacker and on special teams as a true freshman in 2019… Collegiate debut came in the season opener against UT Martin (Sept. 7) ... recorded one solo tackle and one assisted throughout the season, including half a tackle for loss ... saw action in the Orange Bowl vs. Virginia (Dec. 30)

High School: Led Roswell High School to a 9-2 overall record in his senior season … played in the 2019 All-American Bowl ... finished his senior season of high school with 74 total tackles (7.8 per game), five interceptions, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery … started his high school career at safety, but moved to linebacker after his sophomore year.
 
Another reach pick in the 3rd round by GB. Seems nothing more then a ST player.
 
GBP4EVER said:
Another reach pick in the 3rd round by GB. Seems nothing more then a ST player.
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Read... rethink that statement> not just a ST guy
had a team-high nine tackles at Auburn (Sept. 24) in a game that also saw him record 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack … totalled seven tackles and a TFL against Georgia (Oct. 1) … recorded seven tackles and a TFL against Vanderbilt (Oct. 22) … made three tackles and two TFL’s at South Carolina (Oct. 29) … had four tackles, one TFL and 0.5 sacks against Kentucky (Nov. 5) … led the team with 11 tackles, tacked on a pair of TFLs against Arkansas (Nov. 26) ... had nine tackles in the Gasparilla Bowl against Wake Forest (Dec. 23).
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created havoc on the field all season long, leading the recording six tackles for a loss to go along with three sacks, six QB hurries and three pass break ups ... named the Senior Bowl Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 18 following MU's win against Kansas State (Sept. 16) featuring eight tackles, one for loss, and a pair of quarterback hurries and pass break ups ... registered a season-best 10 tackles and a sack against No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 4)
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well, nfl.com had him projected as a 5th round pick. not that means anything.

An off-ball linebacker with length, speed and agility, Hopper is lacking in field vision and instincts. He can be a step late to diagnose play design and has moments where he looks lost in coverage. Hopper has sideline-to-sideline range and plenty of physicality to hit what needs to be hit. There are holes in his game that can be exploited, but he has traits and should get a chance as an NFL backup with special teams value.
 
I have no doubt Hopper can eventually contribute from scrimmage, but in year 1 I suspect he's more of a special teamer, which is nothing to sneeze at. I think he went a little early, but there was a mini-run of linebackers in Rd3 and it kind of forced Gute's hand, just like last year when there was a run on QBs, forcing Gute to take Clifford a little high as well.
 
McGinn scout>

TY’RON HOPPER, LB, MISSOURI
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  • Rd. 3/Pk. 91
  • Height: 6-1 ½.
  • Weight: 228.
  • 40: 4.71.
  • Wonderlic: NA.
  • Hometown: Alpharetta, Ga.
Fact/Stat: Started four of 28 games at Florida from 2019-’21 before starting 22 games for Mizzou in 2022-’23. His verified weights were 250 in spring 2022, 232 in spring 2023, 231 at the combine and 228 at pro day. Multiple shoulder injuries.

NFC scout: “He definitely was not a green dot. He was on the other side of it. He’s a low-test score (player) and there are some concerns with his mental. He is a really talented guy. Very productive. Outstanding athlete. There will be guys that run faster than him but the twitch, the suddenness, the urgency he plays with all the time really jumps out at you. Now he’s not real instinctive. He’s got the low-test score that also makes you think it’s gonna be a problem. His toughness was very inconsistent because he’s a little bit of a narrow guy. When he gets engaged he gets knocked around a little bit. He wants to run and hit. He flies around and hustles, but he turns stuff down too often to where it’s a concern when he’s fitting blocks. I have a hard time giving a guy a starter grade with average instincts but his movement was so sudden I was still willing to put that grade on him. His coverage is good. His basic zone drops are outstanding. When you ask him to play in man coverage he can match guys. Just leave it simple and just ask him to do what he does well. I think someone will take this guy in the sixth round and be pleasantly surprised. Unless the instincts are so bad where, ‘Nah, it’s too far gone.’”

AFC scout: “Limited play strength to set the edges or strike and shed inside the box. Falls off a lot of tackles. Questionable mental and football intelligence.”
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SO, I will say this re: drafting two heavy pursuit LB's for Hafley's Scheme

This to me says more than anything the LB unit as a whole is going to be used to bring pressure.

That's all I can say. BUT, both Cooper and Hopper are very downhill players. Hopper might have 17 missed tackles in 2023 (which is def yikes) but he also averaged more than 20 pressures a season at Mizzou. He is a pursuit player.
 
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