Austin Hooper with the Atlanta Falcons, 2016
With the Atlanta Falcons, 2016. Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Stanford, 2013–⁠15

Austin Hooper

Number
No. 18
Height
6′4″
Hometown
San Ramon, CA
Born
Nov 4, 1994, in San Ramon, California

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Austin Hooper played tight end at Stanford (2013–⁠15). The Atlanta Falcons took Hooper in round 3, No. 81 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
499
Receiving yards, 2014 (Stanford, 8–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 81
Round 3, 2016 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Honors

Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2013 and 2015

All-America: AP third team 2015

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Stanford4049912.5237
2015Stanford3443812.9642
Career7493712.7842

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Stanford18TE
2014Stanford18TE
2015Stanford18TE6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2014Stanford520.4844th (n=496)0.5225.07%
2015Stanford470.8794th (n=465)0.5340.76%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Stanford 12 games, 34 catches, 438 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 5atNorthwesternL 6–⁠16545016
Sep 12vs.UCFW 31–⁠7111011
Sep 19atUSCW 41–⁠31479124
Sep 25atOregon StateW 42–⁠24250142
Oct 15vs.UCLAW 56–⁠35342122
Oct 24vs.WashingtonW 31–⁠14350121
Oct 31atWashington StateW 30–⁠28117017
Nov 7atColoradoW 42–⁠10362128
Nov 14vs.OregonL 36–⁠3842308
Nov 28vs.Notre DameW 38–⁠36327112
Dec 5vs.USCW 41–⁠222908
Jan 1 ✦vs.IowaW 45–⁠16323011
2014 Stanford 12 games, 40 catches, 499 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 30vs.UC DavisW 45–⁠0463127
Sep 6vs.USCL 10–⁠13461026
Sep 13vs.ArmyW 35–⁠0446022
Sep 27atWashingtonW 20–⁠1331909
Oct 10vs.Washington StateW 34–⁠17113013
Oct 18atArizona StateL 10–⁠26325010
Oct 25vs.Oregon StateW 38–⁠14319011
Nov 1atOregonL 16–⁠45562027
Nov 15vs.UtahL 17–⁠20222114
Nov 22atCaliforniaW 38–⁠17347018
Nov 28atUCLAW 31–⁠10351025
Dec 30 ✦vs.MarylandW 45–⁠21571037

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016Combine or pro day 2016
Height6′3¾″
Weight254 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size10⅝″
Wingspan79⅜″W
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.56 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.00 s
20-yard shuttle4.32 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 152 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.

Pro Bowls: 2 (2018–⁠19)

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2016Atlanta Falcons13192713
2017Atlanta Falcons16495263
2018Atlanta Falcons16716604
2019Atlanta Falcons13757876
2020Cleveland Browns13464354
2021Cleveland Browns15383453
2022Tennessee Titans17414442
2023Las Vegas Raiders16252340
2024New England Patriots17454763
2025New England Patriots13212632
2026 (so far)Atlanta Falcons35401
NFL career1524354,48131

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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