Daeden Hopkins holds the JACK · Depth spot in Missouri Tigers’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Daeden Hopkins is a 6'6", 237-pound JACK from Hermann, Missouri, where he lettered four years under head coach Jed Leeper. A four-star prospect rated by recruiting services, Hopkins registered 78 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss, and 16.0 sacks in high school while also posting 968 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns as a tight end. In 2025, his first year at Missouri, Hopkins appeared in four games and totaled seven tackles (three solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, and 0.5 sacks. He recorded a career-high six tackles and a tackle for loss against Mississippi State.

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