Santana Hopper
Santana Hopper
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Shawn Clark and Jon Sumrall. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-Sun Belt. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 4 TFL against Tulsa, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Fritz, Slade Nagle, and Jon Sumrall. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 34–21
vs North Texas
4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 SACKS
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Tulane
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Tulane
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -7 net (20 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Tulane · Last season: 11-3 (AP #17) · Talent rank #68 · 2026 recruiting class #64
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to D'Anthony Jones’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Thornton's senior season at West Virginia (2023).
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