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Jacob Hopper

b. 1997

Australian rules footballer

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Born 1997. Jacob Hopper is an australian rules football player.

Jacob Hopper (born 6 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for .

Early life Hopper was born in New South Wales and grew up in the small Riverina town of Leeton. He began playing football at the age of four with the Leeton-Whitton Crows where his father coached. He joined Greater Western Sydney's academy program at the age of 13 and regularly gained selection for NSW representative teams in the years that followed. He attended school at St Francis de Sales Regional College. At the age of 17, he began boarding at St Patrick's College, Ballarat while playing TAC Cup football for the North Ballarat Rebels.

He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the seventh overall selection in the 2015 national draft.

AFL career Hopper made his debut in round 8 of the 2016 AFL season, in a 91-point win against at Spotless Stadium. He was rewarded with a nomination for the 2016 AFL Rising Star, after he collected 32 disposals equaling the AFL record (since 1992) for most disposals made on debut (Brisbane Lion Bradd Dalziell's 32 in 2008 the previous highest). and nine clearances.

At the conclusion of the 2022 AFL season, Hopper requested a trade to . He was traded on 11 October.

Statistics Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.

177 !! 58 !! 65 !! 1865 !! 2127 !! 3992 !! 529 !! 688 !! 0.3 !! 0.4 !! 10.5 !! 12.0 !! 22.6 !! 3.0 !! 3.9 !! 26

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St Patrick's College, St Francis De Sales Regional College

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Who is Jacob Hopper?

Australian rules footballer

When was Jacob Hopper born?

Jacob Hopper was born on 6 February 1997 in New South Wales.

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Jacob Hopper is an australian rules football player.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jacob Hopper

· Wikidata: Q24083872

· DBpedia: Jacob Hopper

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