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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | Rec | Yards | Team | Pct |
| 2015 | Julio Jones, Atl. | 136 | 1,871 | 4,602 | 40.7% |
| 2019 | Michael Thomas, N.O. | 149 | 1,725 | 4,431 | 38.9% |
| 2015 | Antonio Brown, Pitt. | 136 | 1,834 | 4,822 | 38.0% |
| 2017 | DeAndre Hopkins, Hou. | 96 | 1,378 | 3,644 | 37.8% |
| 2018 | DeAndre Hopkins, Hou. | 115 | 1,572 | 4,165 | 37.7% |
| 2015 | DeAndre Hopkins, Hou. | 111 | 1,521 | 4,079 | 37.3% |
| 2015 | Brandon Marshall, NYJ | 109 | 1,502 | 4,170 | 36.0% |
| 2014 | DeAndre Hopkins, Hou. | 76 | 1,210 | 3,460 | 35.0% |
| 2017 | Julio Jones, Atl. | 88 | 1,444 | 4,146 | 34.8% |
| 2020 | DeAndre Hopkins, Ariz. | 115 | 1,407 | 4,102 | 34.3% |
| 2014 | Jordy Nelson, G.B. | 98 | 1,519 | 4,447 | 34.2% |
| 2014 | Antonio Brown, Pitt. | 129 | 1,698 | 4,997 | 34.0% |
| 2016 | Odell Beckham Jr., NYG | 101 | 1,367 | 4,027 | 33.9% |
| 2018 | Julio Jones, Atl. | 113 | 1,677 | 4,949 | 33.9% |
| 2014 | Demaryius Thomas, Den. | 111 | 1,619 | 4,779 | 33.9% |
| 2017 | Antonio Brown, Pitt. | 101 | 1,533 | 4,534 | 33.8% |
| 2018 | Michael Thomas, N.O. | 125 | 1,405 | 4,174 | 33.7% |
| 2014 | Julio Jones, Atl. | 104 | 1,593 | 4,758 | 33.5% |
—Ian Allan