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Jersey Number 28
Tyjai Hopper
- Year:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 192
- Hometown:
- Alpharetta, Ga.
- High School:
- Alpharetta
- Major:
- Marketing
2024:
High School:
Personal:
- Redshirted to retain a year of eligibility
- 2024-25 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2025)
High School:
- First Team All-Region 7-6A as a senior and Second Team as a junior
- Received Coaches Award as a freshman, junior and senior
- In career, posted 164 total tackles with six interceptions and 25 pass breakups
- Had 65 tackles with two interceptions, 10 PBU, two forced fumbles and four field goal blocks as a senior
- Tallied 43 tackles with two interceptions and six PBU as a junior
- Produced 36 tackles with one interception and five PBU as a sophomore
- Accrued 20 tackles with one interception and four PBU as a freshman
- Helped Alpharetta to four playoffs, reaching 2022 6A second round
- Dual-sport athlete who also lettered in track & field and basketball
Personal:
- Son of Clifton and Jeanette Hopper
- Has three brothers, Tyrone, Tyneil and Ty’Ron
- His brother, Tyrone, played at North Carolina and Missouri and now coaches at Arkansas
- His brother, Tyneil, played at Boise State and currently plays at Michigan State
- His brother, Ty’Ron played at Florida and Missouri and signed with the Green Bay Packers
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