Jacob Hopper

Jacob Hopper (born 6 February 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League, having previously played for Greater Western Sydney. Born in New South Wales, he grew up in the Riverina town of Leeton, began at four with the Leeton-Whitton Crows, where his father coached, and joined the Greater Western Sydney academy at 13. He boarded at St Patrick's College, Ballarat and played TAC Cup football for the North Ballarat Rebels. The Giants recruited him with the seventh overall selection in the 2015 draft, he debuted in round 8 of 2016 and earned a Rising Star nomination after equalling the record of 32 disposals on debut, and he was traded to Richmond in October 2022.