Dustin Hopkins
Hopkins with the Washington Redskins in 2016
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| No. 3 Washington Redskins | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 1, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Austin, Texas | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 206 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Houston (TX) Clear Lake | ||||||||||||
| College: | Florida State | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 6 / Pick: 177 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| FG made: | 59 |
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| FG attempted: | 70 |
| FG %: | 84.3 |
| Longest FG: | 54 |
| Touchbacks: | 117 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Dustin Hopkins (born October 1, 1990) is an American football placekicker for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Austin, Texas but raised in Houston, Texas, where he attended Clear Lake High School. He played college football at Florida State.
Hopkins was recruited by Florida State when then Seminoles special teams coordinator Jody Allen watched high school game film of Hopkins' kickoffs. Interest was also shown by Notre Dame.
As a freshman in 2009, Hopkins hit 19 of 27 field goals, or approximately 70%, over the course of 2009. On November 13, 2010, against Clemson, Florida State, who was trailing the entire game, made a comeback in the 4th quarter. With less than a minute left in regulation, tied at 13, Florida State marched down into Clemson territory, where, with 3 seconds left, Hopkins made a 55-yard field goal to win the game. This was an important ACC victory for the Seminoles.
In 2011, while playing against Wake Forest, Hopkins kicked his 109th point after try (PAT) in a row, breaking the previous FSU record. He would not miss a PAT until September 8, 2012, leaving him at 145 successful attempts, the sixth longest streak in NCAA history.
On November 18, 2012, Hopkins set the NCAA Division I FBS record for career points scored by a kicker at 442 points with a 26-yard field goal in the second quarter versus the Maryland Terrapins. Hopkins would finish the day with six more points upping the record to 448 points. His record for most career field goals was broken on October 8, 2016 by Arizona State University kicker Zane Gonzalez.
Hopkins was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round (177th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft, joining punter Shawn Powell and quarterback EJ Manuel, his former teammates at Florida State.
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