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{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
|image =
|name=Greg Hopkins
|position=[[Wide receiver]] / [[linebacker]]
|number=82
|caption=
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1971|11|16}}
|birth_place=[[Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|death_date=
|death_place=
|height_ft = 6
|height_in = 2
|weight_lbs = 205
|high_school = [[Waynesburg Central High School|Waynesburg Central (PA)]]
|college=[[Slippery Rock football|Slippery Rock]]
|pastteams=
* [[Indiana Firebirds|Albany/Indiana Firebirds]] ({{AFL Year|1996}}–{{AFL Year|2001}})
* [[Los Angeles Avengers]] ({{AFL Year|2002}}–{{AFL Year|2006}})
|highlights=
* 2× Second Team [[All-Arena]] ([[1998 All-Arena Team|1998]], [[2000 All-Arena Team|2000]])
* 4× All-Ironman Team (1999, 2001, 2002 & 2003)
* 2× First Team All-Arena ([[2002 All-Arena Team|2002]], [[2003 All-Arena Team|2003]])
* [[Arena Football League Ironman of the Year Award|AFL Ironman of the Year]] (2002)
* [[Arena Football League 20 Greatest Players|AFL's 20 Greatest Players #14]] (2006)
* [[Arena Football Hall of Fame|AFL Hall of Fame]] (2013)
|aflstatlabel1=Receptions
|aflstatvalue1=833
|aflstatlabel2=Receiving yards
|aflstatvalue2=10,206
|aflstatlabel3=Tackles
|aflstatvalue3=267
|aflstatlabel4=Interceptions
|aflstatvalue4=26
|aflstatlabel5=Total touchdowns
|aflstatvalue5=213
|afl=744
}}

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

==Early life==
Greg Hopkins was born in [[Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]].  He attended West Greene Junior/Senior High School and then[[Waynesburg Central High School]] in Waynesburg, [[Pennsylvania]] and was a [[quarterback]] in [[High school football|football]], a [[Scholastic wrestling|wrestler]] on the wrestling team, and a record-setting [[javelin throw]]er on the [[track and field]] team.

==College career==
While attending [[Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania]], Greg Hopkins was a four-year [[Letterman (sports)|letterman]] in [[College football|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.).

==Arena Football League career==
* 1996 - [[Indiana Firebirds|Albany Firebirds]]: Was limited to two games due to a hand injury and finished the year with two receptions and three tackles.
* 1997 - [[Indiana Firebirds|Albany Firebirds]]: He had a solid year, making 58 receptions for 908 yards (15.66 yards per rec. avg.) and 15 touchdowns on offense, and 22 tackles and two pass deflections on defense.
* 2001 - [[Indiana Firebirds]]: Hopkins was a strong candidate for "Ironman of the Year" honors. On offense, he made 102 receptions for 1,226 yards (12.02 yards per rec. avg.) and 18 touchdowns. On defense, he made 0.5 sack, 34 tackles, four forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, two interceptions, and three pass deflections.
* 2002 - [[Los Angeles Avengers]]: Hopkins had a spectacular year, and won first team [[All-Arena]] honors, All-Ironman honors (at both WR and LB), and was voted "Ironman of the Year." He finished the year with 102 receptions for 1,185 receiving yards (11.62 yards per rec. avg.) and 29 touchdowns on offense. As a linebacker, he posted five interceptions, 45 tackles, a forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries.
* 2003 - [[Los Angeles Avengers]]: Hopkins had another superb year and made 87 receptions for 1192 yards and won All-Arena honors after the conclusion of the season.

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.<ref>{{cite news | title =Hopkins named to Arena Football Hall of Fame | newspaper =[[Observer-Reporter]] | date =August 11, 2013 | url =http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130811/SPORTS04/130819865 | access-date =August 12, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/081113aaa.html |title=AFL Announces 2013 Arena Football Hall of Fame Class |access-date=2013-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805094918/http://www.arenafootball.com/sports/a-footbl/spec-rel/081113aaa.html |archive-date=2016-08-05 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

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

Hopkins announced that he would make a second run for the Republican nomination for the seat in 2008. He was defeated by the incumbent, [[H. William DeWeese|Bill DeWeese]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.arenafan.com/players/Greg_Hopkins-744/ Stats at ArenaFan]
* [http://www.votegreghopkins.com Campaign web site]

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:American football linebackers]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Albany Firebirds players]]
[[Category:Indiana Firebirds players]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Avengers players]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania Republicans]]
[[Category:Slippery Rock football players]]