Wesley Carl Hopkins (September 26, 1961 – September 28, 2018) was an American professional football player who played as a safety for the Philadelphia Eagles during his entire 11-year National Football League career from 1983 through 1993. A walk-on for the Southern Methodist football team, he was first noticed by coaches and teammates during a team practice after he made a ferocious tackle on his college teammate and future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson. Hopkins was named to the All-Conference selection in each of his last two seasons at SMU. More about Wes Hopkins
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Hopkins was drafted by the Eagles in the second round (35th pick overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft and started 14 games at free safety as a rookie. In 1985, he had a career-high 6 interceptions (including one for a touchdown) was voted Most Valuable Player on the Eagles defense and was selected to the Pro Bowl. In 1988, he was voted the Eagles Ed Block Courage Award winner. As part of the Eagles vaunted "Gang Green" defense, the safety tandem of Hopkins and strong safety Andre Waters lasted from 1986 to 1993. With Buddy Ryan as head coach from 1986 to 1990, the tandem were considered one of the hardest hitting and most feared safety duos in the NFL. Hopkins retired after the 1993 season and finished his career with 30 interceptions, 12 sacks and 1 touchdown.In total, we tracked 49 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Wes Hopkins (WES HOPKINS 1986 Topps Football AUTOGRAPH Signed EAGLES #279 PSA/DNA d.2018) was sold in May 2022 for $89.99 while the cheapest item (WES HOPKINS Signed Football Card PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Autographed Football Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in July 2017. The month with the most items sold (3) was July 2017 with an average selling price of $2.25 for an autographed item of Wes Hopkins. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2022 with $89.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2013. In average, an autographed item from Wes Hopkins is worth $14.48.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Wes Hopkins were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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1986 Topps Football #279 Wes Hopkins BAS Beckett NM-MT+ 8.5 W/ Autograph 8 | $41.00 | ||
1989 Pro Set Auto Signed Wes Hopkins Card Philadelphia Eagles | $19.99 | ||
1989 Pro Set Wes Hopkins Autograph Card | $20.29 | ||
Signed 1991 Pacific Wes Hopkins Eagles Auto Autograph NFL Football RIP 2018 | $45.00 | ||
Signed 1992 Fleer Wes Hopkins Eagles Auto Autograph NFL Football RIP 2018 | $45.00 | ||
Wes Hopkins - Signed/Autographed 1991 Upper Deck #106 - Philadelphia Eagles | $8.00 | ||
Wes Hopkins Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo Philadelphia Eagles (JSA PSA Pass) | $49.99 | ||
Wes Hopkins Philadelphia Eagles/ SMU Personally Autographed Card | $18.39 | ||
WES HOPKINS Signed 1989 Pro Set AUTO Authentic Autograph #317 d.2018 | $20.99 | ||
Wes Hopkins Signed Pro Set 607 Eagles Card | $27.99 |