2024 Kicking Stats
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Known for his short-range accuracy more so than leg strength, Hopkins spent six and a half seasons with the Commanders and then parts of two seasons with the Chargers before landing in Cleveland last year for what ended up being his best effort yet. Having made just 15 of 30 attempts from 50-plus yards prior to 2023, he surprisingly went 8 of 8 from long distance last season and 33 of 36 on all field-goal attempts. Hopkins attempted just 26 PATs, making 24, yet finished 11th among kickers in fantasy points (and second in points per game - 9.3). A hamstring injury cost him the final two games of the regular season plus a playoff loss to Houston, and there's now some question about his future with the team, strange as that may seem. The Browns can free up $3.54 million in cap space if Hopkins is traded/released, and they're carrying two other kickers -- Cade York and Lucas Havrisik -- on the offseason roster. That said, Hopkins' 85.8 percent career FG rate and 2023 success should allow him to find another job if things don't work out in Cleveland. Read Past Outlooks
Finishes on high note
Hopkins converted his lone field-goal attempt and extra-point kick in Saturday's 35-10 loss to Baltimore in Week 18.
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Hopkins buried a chip shot from 23 yards early in the second quarter before the game got away from the Browns, who were thinking only about touchdowns the rest of the way. The four points scored were the most for a Cleveland kicker since Week 12. After a very successful 2023 -- one that resulted in a three-year contract in the offseason -- Hopkins went the other way in 2024. Part of that is attributable to an offense that fell apart, but Hopkins made just 18 of 27 (67 percent) of his field-goal tries. That prompted the Browns to bring in kickers to challenge him, and head coach Kevin Stefanski made him inactive for Week 15. The offseason for the 3-14 Browns will bring change, which could include competition for Hopkins.
Hopkins buried a chip shot from 23 yards early in the second quarter before the game got away from the Browns, who were thinking only about touchdowns the rest of the way. The four points scored were the most for a Cleveland kicker since Week 12. After a very successful 2023 -- one that resulted in a three-year contract in the offseason -- Hopkins went the other way in 2024. Part of that is attributable to an offense that fell apart, but Hopkins made just 18 of 27 (67 percent) of his field-goal tries. That prompted the Browns to bring in kickers to challenge him, and head coach Kevin Stefanski made him inactive for Week 15. The offseason for the 3-14 Browns will bring change, which could include competition for Hopkins.
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Hopkins was outperformed by his injury replacement, Cameron Dicker, last year with the Chargers, and then found himself unable to unseat the newcomer this summer. The Chargers eventually traded Hopkins to Cleveland, where he'll replace disappointing 2022 fourth-round pick Cade York. While he doesn't offer the range of many other modern kickers, Hopkins has always been at least average converting shorter kicks and PATs.
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Makes lone kick in loss
Hopkins converted his lone field-goal attempt and did not have an extra-point try in Sunday's 20-3 loss to Miami in Week 17.
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Keeping kicking job another week
Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said Friday that Hopkins will be the team's kicker Sunday against Miami, Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.com reports.
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Struggle continues
Hopkins did not attempt a field goal and missed his lone extra-point try in Sunday's 24-6 loss to Cincinnati in Week 16.
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Will kick in Week 16
Head coach Kevin Stefanski said that Hopkins will handle kicking duties for the Browns in Sunday's game against the Bengals, Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.com reports.
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Inactive versus Kansas City
Hopkins is inactive for Sunday's game against the Chiefs.
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Job seemingly not in jeopardy
Hopkins will remain the Browns' kicker after missing both his field-goal attempts in Sunday's loss to the Steelers, Chris Easterling of the Akron Beacon Journal reports. "He's our kicker," coach Kevin Stefanski said after the game. "We expect him to make those. He's a veteran. He's a pro. I expect him to work through it. He's our kicker."
ANALYSIS
The veteran kicker is having the worst stretch of his career, missing at least one field-goal attempt in four of the last five games, and on the season he's connected on only 16 of 25 FGAs, good for a career-worst 64.0 percent success rate. Stefanski's vote of confidence is encouraging, at least for the rest of 2024, but Hopkins signed a three-year contract extension in July that is set to kick in next season, and it wouldn't be a surprise if Cleveland walked away from it in the offseason if the 34-year-old doesn't turn things around over the final weeks of the campaign.
The veteran kicker is having the worst stretch of his career, missing at least one field-goal attempt in four of the last five games, and on the season he's connected on only 16 of 25 FGAs, good for a career-worst 64.0 percent success rate. Stefanski's vote of confidence is encouraging, at least for the rest of 2024, but Hopkins signed a three-year contract extension in July that is set to kick in next season, and it wouldn't be a surprise if Cleveland walked away from it in the offseason if the 34-year-old doesn't turn things around over the final weeks of the campaign.