Jacob Hopper

Jacob Hopper (born 6 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Hopper was born in New South Wales and grew up in the small Riverina town of Leeton. He began playing football at the age of four with the Leeton-Whitton Crows where his father coached. He joined Greater Western Sydney's academy program at the age of 13 and regularly gained selection for NSW representative teams in the years that followed. He attended school at St Francis de Sales Regional College. At the age of 17, he began boarding at St Patrick's College, Ballarat while playing TAC Cup football for the North Ballarat Rebels.

He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the seventh overall selection in the 2015 national draft.

Hopper made his debut in round 8 of the 2016 AFL season, in a 91-point win against Gold Coast at Spotless Stadium. He was rewarded with a nomination for the 2016 AFL Rising Star, after he collected 32 disposals equaling the AFL record (since 2000) for most disposals made on debut (West Coast's Bradd Dalziell's 32 in 2000 the previous highest). and nine clearances.

Statistics are correct to the end of round 9, 2017