Green Bay Packers third round pick Ty’Ron Hopper will bring an added physical presence to the linebacker position.
“He’s really physical, he can run,” said GM Brian Gutekunst after Day 2 of the draft, “but his stopping power, when he takes on blockers, is pretty impressive. Very serious-minded guy, I think he really helped change that defense.”
Hopper totaled 200 tackles in his three year playing career at Missouri, and was also utilized as a blitzer, recording 49 pressures over the last two seasons.
While he is physical and willing to take on blockers, he has the athleticism to go with it, with excellent vertical and broad jump testing numbers and sideline-to-sideline speed that shows up on tape, especially in the run game, filling gaps that appear.