Bleacher Report recently ranked players on how likely they were to make the Hall of Fame and DeAndre Hopkins was in the “on the brink” category.
Comparable to Jones but with a shorter prime to date, the 32-year-old still has room to build cumulative stats late in his career. Three first-team All-Pro nods and more than 12,000 yards get him within reaching distance.
Coming in as the 18th most likely player currently in the NFL to make the Hall of Fame, Hopkins has had quite the illustrious career. 928 catches for 12,335 receiving yards and 78 touchdowns are impressive numbers especially when you factor in how abysmal his quarterback play has been throughout his career.
Nevertheless, even with his team holding him back, the Clemson product has earned three straight (2017-2019) first-team All-Pros, two second-team All-Pros, and five Pro Bowl nominations. However, without much playoff success in his career, Hopkins will likely have to rack up a couple more years worth of stats to make his seat in Canton comfortable.
According to Pro Football Reference, Hopkins’ Hall of Fame (HOF) Monitor is only 71.19, 39th amongst all receivers in NFL history. For reference, the average HOF Monitor of a Hall of Fame receiver is 101.40. No non-kick returner receiver in the Hall of Fame since 1990 has had a lower HOF rating than Hopkins currently has. At age 32, it looks like Nuk is at the tail-end of his career but if he can manage to put up some more numbers a gold jacket might be in his future.