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"He was a great player and a great intimidator,'' Quick said. …Every fan base has fan favorites and probably every fan base has players they can point to who would have been Pro Bowlers if they remained healthy. He was moving better. Are you kidding me? Wes was an avid sports fan and especially enjoyed following the St. Louis Cardinals.
That’s according to former Eagles teammate Garry Cobb: I'm sorry to report that one of the best @Eagles players I've ever known, safety Wes Hopkins passed away this morning. "But I sat there with him for two days, and you could see him getting stronger and trying to speak. "I was just talking with Eric Dickerson, and he was talking about the big hitter that Wes was.
He was a second round draft pick out of Southern Methodist University, where he earned a spot as a walk-on, and went on to be a staple in the Birds’ defensive backfield, starting 125 of 137 games over ten NFL seasons.Number five will always love youKinker: Don’t you have some Turd Burgler T shirts to fold for Kylee up in purrrkasie ?Enough already with Greaseball Gargano. Popular Right Now. He was 73.Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie praised Hopkins for his leadership skills and said he was "well-respected among his teammates and coaches, not only because of the way he played the game and what he was able to accomplish on the field, but also because of the way he carried himself and the type of leader he was." Join Facebook to connect with Wes HOpkins and others you may know. I have a 10 inch rod.
Ryan was fired after the 1990 season.
Hopkins ended up outlasting the man who had constantly tried to get rid of him. He had gotten out of ICU. Hoage never got his job back. Shots Ring Out After Armed Militias Descend on American Heartland City. And he never gave up.
''"I remember being at the Pro Bowl with [former St. Louis Cardinals wide receiver] Roy Green the year Wes hurt his knee. After playing in one preseason game for the Chiefs, he was released and rejoined the Eagles and played one more season before retiring after 1993.Complete coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles and their NFL rivals from NBC Sports Philadelphia.Despite missing most of 1986 and all of 1987 with a devastating knee injury, he returned to play six more seasons at a very high level.But in 1988, after a grueling, nearly two-year rehab, he picked up where he left off, with five more interceptions for the NFC East champions and added five more INTs in each of the 1990 and 1991 seasons.But in a Week 4 game against the Rams at the Vet in 1986, Hopkins tore up his knee and missed not only the rest of the 1986 season but also the entire 1987 season.Hopkins is the only player in Eagles history with at least five interceptions in five or more seasons.Hopkins and Andre Waters, who played alongside each other in the deep secondary for nearly a decade, both played in exactly 137 games in an Eagles uniform.
''Former Eagles wide receiver and current radio analyst Mike Quick was one of Mr. Hopkins' teammates.In 1989, coach Buddy Ryan tried to give Mr. Hopkins' starting free safety job to Terry Hoage. Wes Hopkins departed this world after a brief illness and leaves behind, his mother, sister, brother, three children and a host of relatives. A year later, Ryan selected Ben Smith in the first round of the draft with the idea that he would replace Mr. Hopkins.