Elijah Hopkins
Liberty Flames
77
Solid

Elijah Hopkins

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Projected Starter

Is Elijah Hopkins starting?

Elijah Hopkins is the projected starter at LCB for Liberty Flames.

Redshirt senior · #5 · 5'10", 195 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Liberty Flames

  1. 1577Elijah HopkinsStarter
  2. 22367Myke Gunn
  3. 31666Tyrell Gainey

Liberty Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in Conference USA

Caleb NixJacksonville State · FSWesley MillerFlorida International · SSTyler BaileySam Houston · SS

Up next for Liberty

Liberty plays New Mexico State away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 08:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Vanguard, ranked #1,511 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 5 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 77 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,511 Natl3-Yr Total7 tacklesTeam Share0%
Ocala, FL
Jersey
#5
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
195 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
2025500
2024100
2023101

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
0.8411
National Rank
#1511
High School
Vanguard
Hometown
Ocala, FL

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 26th-percentile production (×0.82 for competition level) put them -8 vs unit starters → 77.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 26% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.82)
Depth-chart adjustment
-8 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 31WFIUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-10

Oct 22WKENNTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 34-6

Oct 8WSHSUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-3

Oct 2WDELTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-14

Sep 24WCCUTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 34-17

Sep 12WGWEBTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-23

Sep 5LJMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 20-13

Elijah Hopkins's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

5 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement0%
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