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2024 Football Roster
Hopson II, James
Jersey Number 10
James Hopson II
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Leesburg, Ga.
- High School:
- Lee County
Bio
CAREER: Lettered three seasons (2020, 2023-24) at Duke … Academic All-ACC selection in 2023 and 2024 ... National Football Foundation Hampshire Society honoree in 2023 ... received the team's Sonny Falcone Iron Duke Award in 2020 ... saw action in 29 career games, registering 11 tackles and one blocked punt ... against North Carolina in 2024, blocked one punt ... played 261 career snaps.
2024: Transitioned from safety to wide receiver during the spring … experienced action in 11 games, missing only the Elon and Connecticut contests ... tallied two tackles and one blocked punt ... registered stops in consecutive games versus North Carolina and Georgia Tech ... blocked a punt versus the Tar Heels ... on the field for 42 snaps.
2023: Academic All-ACC selection and National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society honoree ... saw action in 12 games, missing the Birmingham Bowl against Troy due to injury … compiled nine tackles … finished with 2+ tackles on three occasions, including a season-high three against Connecticut … on the field for 157 snaps.
2022: Saw action in six games against Kansas, North Carolina A&T, Northwestern, Temple, UCF and Wake Forest ... on the field for 61 snaps.
2021: Did not see game action.
2020: Recipient of the team’s the Sonny Falcone Award, an honor presented to offensive, defensive, and developmental members for their year-round commitment to strength and conditioning ... played in one game versus Charlotte … on the field for one snap.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Three-year letterwinner at Lee County under head coach Dean Fabrizio … AAAAAA (6A) Georgia State Champion after 15-0 record junior season … totaled 617 receiving years and five TDs on way to honorable mention all-region honors … recorded 1,007 total yards and 11 TDs as a senior … captained the Trojans to an 11-2 record and earned first team all-region.
PERSONAL: Graduated from Duke in May 2024 with a degree in public policy and a minor in African & African American studies and economics ... added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025 ... son of Granger and CaMia Hopson.
2024: Transitioned from safety to wide receiver during the spring … experienced action in 11 games, missing only the Elon and Connecticut contests ... tallied two tackles and one blocked punt ... registered stops in consecutive games versus North Carolina and Georgia Tech ... blocked a punt versus the Tar Heels ... on the field for 42 snaps.
2023: Academic All-ACC selection and National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society honoree ... saw action in 12 games, missing the Birmingham Bowl against Troy due to injury … compiled nine tackles … finished with 2+ tackles on three occasions, including a season-high three against Connecticut … on the field for 157 snaps.
2022: Saw action in six games against Kansas, North Carolina A&T, Northwestern, Temple, UCF and Wake Forest ... on the field for 61 snaps.
2021: Did not see game action.
2020: Recipient of the team’s the Sonny Falcone Award, an honor presented to offensive, defensive, and developmental members for their year-round commitment to strength and conditioning ... played in one game versus Charlotte … on the field for one snap.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Three-year letterwinner at Lee County under head coach Dean Fabrizio … AAAAAA (6A) Georgia State Champion after 15-0 record junior season … totaled 617 receiving years and five TDs on way to honorable mention all-region honors … recorded 1,007 total yards and 11 TDs as a senior … captained the Trojans to an 11-2 record and earned first team all-region.
PERSONAL: Graduated from Duke in May 2024 with a degree in public policy and a minor in African & African American studies and economics ... added a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May 2025 ... son of Granger and CaMia Hopson.
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Tuesday, September 23
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Tuesday, September 23
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Monday, September 22
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Monday, September 22
