Santana Hopper
Colorado Buffaloes
89
Great

Santana Hopper

Colorado BuffaloesAverage
DTDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Tulane
Projected Starter

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Santana Hopper is the projected starter at DT for Colorado Buffaloes.

Redshirt senior · #97 · 6'2", 265 lbs

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Depth at DT · Colorado Buffaloes

  1. 19789Santana HopperStarter
  2. 28865Samu Taumanupepe
  3. 34964Quency Wiggins

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The Story

The Edge Threat

A 3-star recruit out of Shelby, ranked #522 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 25 tackles, 8.5 TFL, 4.5 sacks. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 91th-percentile production nationally — good for a 89 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #522 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile91th
Shelby, NC
Jersey
#97
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'2"
Weight
265 lbs
Transfer
Tulane

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—258.54.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8826
National Rank
#522
High School
Shelby
Hometown
Shelby, NC

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 91th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.82 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 89.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 91% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 29% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.82)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3LTTUTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-7

Sep 26LBAYTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 23-13

Sep 19LNUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 41-7

Sep 12WWEBTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-21

Sep 4WGTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 14-13

Santana Hopper's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Edge Threat
25 tkl · 8.5 TFL · 4.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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