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DeAndre Hopkins

Sticky-fingered receiver sucks in lots of catches

DeAndre Hopkins sure sucks in a lot of balls. It seems like wherever he goes and whoever’s at quarterback, they’re trying to jam the ball into his hands.

In five of the last seven seasons, Hopkins has accounted for over a third of the receiving yards on his own team. That kind of workload is rare (only the great receivers do it) and Hopkins has been doing it over and over.

In these last seven years, Hopkins has five of the 10 busiest seasons by wide receivers (as measured by percentage of production).

Four of those seasons were with the Texans. They traded him to Arizona, and that didn’t really change his role. Hopkins in his first year with the Cardinals caught 115 passes for 1,407 yards, accounting for over 34 percent of that team’s receiving yards.

WIDE RECEIVERS; PERCENTAGE OF TEAM'S YARDS
YearPlayerRecYardsTeamPct
2015Julio Jones, Atl.1361,8714,60240.7%
2019Michael Thomas, N.O.1491,7254,43138.9%
2015Antonio Brown, Pitt.1361,8344,82238.0%
2017DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.961,3783,64437.8%
2018DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.1151,5724,16537.7%
2015DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.1111,5214,07937.3%
2015Brandon Marshall, NYJ1091,5024,17036.0%
2014DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.761,2103,46035.0%
2017Julio Jones, Atl.881,4444,14634.8%
2020DeAndre Hopkins, Ariz.1151,4074,10234.3%
2014Jordy Nelson, G.B.981,5194,44734.2%
2014Antonio Brown, Pitt.1291,6984,99734.0%
2016Odell Beckham Jr., NYG1011,3674,02733.9%
2018Julio Jones, Atl.1131,6774,94933.9%
2014Demaryius Thomas, Den.1111,6194,77933.9%
2017Antonio Brown, Pitt.1011,5334,53433.8%
2018Michael Thomas, N.O.1251,4054,17433.7%
2014Julio Jones, Atl.1041,5934,75833.5%

—Ian Allan

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