Greg Hopkins (born November 16, 1971) is a formerArena Football League (AFL)wide receiver/linebacker with theAlbany Firebirds and theLos Angeles Avengers.

Greg Hopkins was born inWaynesburg, Pennsylvania,United States. He attended West Greene Junior/Senior High School and thenWaynesburg Central High School in Waynesburg,Pennsylvania and was aquarterback infootball, awrestler on the wrestling team, and a record-settingjavelin thrower on thetrack and field team.

While attendingSlippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Greg Hopkins was a four-yearletterman infootball and a two-year letterman in wrestling. In football, he was a three-timeAll America honoree, a three-time All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selection, and won Academic All-America honors as a senior. He set nine school records, and finished his spectacular college career with 215 receptions for 3,382 yards (15.73 yards per reception avg.).

• 1996 -Albany Firebirds: Was limited to two games due to a hand injury and finished the year with two receptions and three tackles.
• 1997 -Albany Firebirds: He had a solid year, making 58 receptions for 908 yards (15.66 yards per rec. avg.) and 15 touchdowns on offense, and 22 tackles and two pass deflections on defense.
• 2001 -Indiana Firebirds: Hopkins was a strong candidate for "Ironman of the Year" honors. On offense, he made 102 receptions for 1,226 yards (12.02 yards per rec. avg.) and 18 touchdowns. On defense, he made 0.5 sack, 34 tackles, four forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, two interceptions, and three pass deflections.
• 2002 -Los Angeles Avengers: Hopkins had a spectacular year, and won first teamAll-Arena honors, All-Ironman honors (at both WR and LB), and was voted "Ironman of the Year." He finished the year with 102 receptions for 1,185 receiving yards (11.62 yards per rec. avg.) and 29 touchdowns on offense. As a linebacker, he posted five interceptions, 45 tackles, a forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries.
• 2003 -Los Angeles Avengers: Hopkins had another superb year and made 87 receptions for 1192 yards and won All-Arena honors after the conclusion of the season.

On June 17, 2007, his number, #82, was officially retired by theLos Angeles Avengers during a halftime ceremony. He was named to theArena Football Hall of Fame on August 10, 2013.^[1][2]

In 2006, Hopkins was theRepublican nominee for thePennsylvania House of Representatives from that state's 50th Legislative District, which includes all ofGreene County and small parts ofWashington andFayette counties. He received approximately 47 percent of the vote against the district's longtime incumbent legislator,Bill DeWeese, winning in Greene County and losing by small margins in the other counties.

Hopkins announced that he would make a second run for the Republican nomination for the seat in 2008. He was defeated by the incumbent,Bill DeWeese.

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