Santana Hopper
Colorado Buffaloes
78
Solid

Santana Hopper

Colorado BuffaloesAverage
DTDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Tulane
Projected Starter

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

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The Story

Making His Case

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 93th-percentile production nationally — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #522 NatlTeam Share8%Percentile93th
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 74-rated defense; 93th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.91 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 93% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 20% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.91)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 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.

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Team Role

25 tkl · 8.5 TFL · 4.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement80%

Depth at DT · Colorado Buffaloes

  1. 19778Santana HopperStarter
  2. 29871Ezra Christensen
  3. 39150Sedrick Smith
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.