2025 Football Roster

6 Tyrese Hopkins

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 250
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Macon, Miss.
  • Highschool Starkville

Biography

2025 – Redshirt Senior
  • Appeared in eight games, making two starts
  • Logged 12 tackles, one for loss and a quarterback hurry
  • Captured four tackles against Saint Francis (Aug. 28)
  • Picked up three tackles, one for loss, vs. Troy (Oct. 18)
  • Credited with a quarterback hurry at the Ragin’ Cajuns (Nov. 29)
2024 – Redshirt Junior
  • Started in all 11 games that he appeared in, missing just one due to injury
  • Recorded 46 tackles, eight quarterback hurries, 1.5 TFLs and one pass breakup and made five or more tackles in six games
  • Made five tackles in ULM debut versus Jackson State
  • Tallied five tackles and 0.5 TFLs in win versus UAB
  • Totaled six tackles at Troy
  • Recorded five tackles and three quarterback hurries versus Southern Miss
  • Accumulated three tackles and 1.0 TFL at Auburn
  • Finished with three tackles, two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup versus Ragin’ Cajuns
2023 – Redshirt Sophomore (East Mississippi CC)
  • All-MACCC Honorable Mention Defense
  • MACCC Defensive Player of the Week
  • Helped lead the Lions to 10 wins and an appearance in the NJCAA Division I Football Championship Game
  • Recorded 65.0 tackles, four forced fumbles and a pair of sacks
  • Forced a fumble in the season opener at Co-Lin
  • Made 10 tackles and 0.5 TFL versus Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
  • Registered three tackles and a forced fumble at Itawamba CC
  • Had a team-high eight tackles, one sack and forced a fumble that secured EMCC’s MACCC title with a win over Co-Lin
2022 – Redshirt Freshman (Southern Miss) 
  • Saw action in 11 games
  • Posted three tackles over the season
2021 – Freshman (Southern Miss) 
  • Appeared in four games
  • Tallied a tackle and a fumble recovery at Louisiana Tech
2020 – Freshman (Southern Miss)
  • Saw action in six games of Covid-shortened season
Starkville High School
  • Racked up 92 tackles and 14 TFLs
  • Selected first-team all-state and competed in the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game
Personal
  • Born Aug. 20, 2001, in Starkville, Mississippi
  • Son of Latasha and Edrick Hopkins
  • Has two siblings, Dajonia and Marquis
  • Majoring in general studies
  • Enjoys playing video games
  • Cousin, Antuan Edwards, played safety in the NFL, namely for the Green Bay Packers (1999-03)
  • Sports hero is Jeffery Simmons

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Career Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2024Junior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 230 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2025Redshirt Senior

    Linebacker
    6'3" 250 lbs
    6