Greg Hopkins

No. 82

Position:

Wide Receiver / Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth:

November 16, 1971 (age 45)

Place of birth:

Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

205 lb (93 kg)

Career information

High school:

Waynesburg Central (PA)

College:

Slippery Rock

Career history

Albany/Indiana Firebirds (1996–2001)
Los Angeles Avengers (2002–2006)

Career highlights and awards

2× Second Team All-Arena (1998, 2000)
4× All-Ironman Team (1999, 2001, 2002 & 2003)
2× First Team All-Arena (2002, 2003)
AFL Ironman of the Year (2002)
AFL's 20 Greatest Players #14 (2006)
AFL Hall of Fame (2013)

Career Arena statistics

Receptions:	833
Receiving yards:	10,206
Tackles:	267
Interceptions:	26
Total Touchdowns:	213

Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Receptions:	833
Receiving yards:	10,206
Tackles:	267
Interceptions:	26
Total Touchdowns:	213

Greg Hopkins (born November 16, 1971) is a former Arena Football League wide receiver/linebacker with the Albany Firebirds and the Los Angeles Avengers.

Greg Hopkins was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States. He attended Waynesburg Central High School in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and was a quarterback in football, a wrestler on the wrestling team, and a record-setting javelin thrower on the track and field team.

While attending Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Greg Hopkins was a four-year letterman in football and a two-year letterman in wrestling. In football, he was a three-time All America honoree, a three-time All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selection, and won Academic All-America honors as a senior. He set nine school records, and finished his spectacular college career with 215 receptions for 3,382 yards (15.73 yards per reception avg.).

On June 17, 2007, his number, #82, was officially retired by the Los Angeles Avengers during a halftime ceremony. He was named to the Arena Football Hall of Fame on August 10, 2013.

In 2006, Hopkins was the Republican nominee for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from that state's 50th Legislative District, which includes all of Greene County and small parts of Washington and Fayette counties. He received approximately 47 percent of the vote against the district's longtime incumbent legislator, Bill DeWeese, winning in Greene County and losing by small margins in the other counties.

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