“My mother got the courage to speak to hundreds of people about her story. I knew if she could do it I could do it, too.”

American football coach and former professional wide receiver

DeAndre Rashaun Hopkins, known as “DHop” and “Nuk,” is an American football coach and former professional wide receiver. He is the assistant wide receivers coach for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Hopkins is best known for his work in American football, both as a player at wide receiver and now on the coaching side. His public profile comes from the sport rather than from a long list of published works or formal honors, and the facts available here place him in a professional football setting with Georgia Tech.