GREG HOPKINS
Greg Hopkins
Waynesburg Central High School
Slippery Rock University
Athlete of Distinction – Football
Waynesburg High School
All Conference in football – 1990
One of the top wrestlers in Waynesburg history, winning 112 bouts
Holds the javelin record at 195’ 9”
Slippery Rock University
Most prolific receiver in Slippery Rock history with a PSAC
record 235 receptions
Other Slippery Rock records held or shared:
Receiving yardage in a season – 1,283
Receiving yardage in a career – 3,382
Passes caught in a game – 17
Passes caught in a season – 83
Passes caught in a career –
Touchdowns caught in a game – 3
Touchdowns caught in a season – 12
Touchdowns caught in a career – 28
Receiving yardage in a game – 202
Inducted into the Slippery Rock University Hall of Fame – 2005
NCAA Division II All American – 1992 & 1993
Football Gazette – 1993
CoSida – 1994
Sporting News – 1994
C.N. Frank “Small University” – 1994
Associated Press CoSida / GTE Academic All American – 1994
Played in the 1996 Snow Bowl, an NCAA Div. II All Star game
Professional career
Signed with the Ottawa Roughriders of the CFL in 1995
Played 5 years with Albany, 1 year with Indiana and 5 years with
Los Angeles of the Arena Football League
Voted the “Riddell Iron Man of the Year award in 2002, given
to the league’s best two-way player. This is the AFL’s most
Prestigious award
A 4-time All Arena All Star, scoring 1,222 points in 134 games,
good for 8th in AFL history
Known as the “Jerry Rice” of Arena football