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

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and grew up in the small

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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

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football for the

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. 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

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. 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

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, Hopper requested a trade to . He was traded on 11 October.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

* Greater Western Sydney Giants Academy Player Of The Year: 2015 * 2016 AFL Rising Star: nominee * Greater Western Sydney Giants Rising Star: 2016 *

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: 2019

References

External links

* * 1997 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Greater Western Sydney Giants players Greater Western Victoria Rebels players People educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub