Awards & Honors
- 2024 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
- 2024 Preseason All-SoCon First Team by Phil Steele
- 2023 All-SoCon Second Team (Media)
2024 Season (Senior) - Earned Preseason All-SoCon First Team honors at SoCon Media Day and by Phil Steele...Was limited to six games in 2024...In those six contests, Hope racked up 38 tackles and a sack...Had eight tackles against both North Dakota State and Chattanooga...His lone sack came against the Mocs as well.
2023 Season (Junior) - In his third season in Johnson City, Hope started all 11 games for the Bucs...Led the team with 94 tackles, while adding 2.5 tackles for loss, a half sack and five pass break-ups...Four games with double-digit tackles...Career-high 12 tackles against Jacksonville State and Western Carolina...Six tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a half sack vs. Mercer...Eight solo tackles against Samford...Ranked 11th nationally in solo tackles per game (5.6) and 39th in total tackles per game (8.5)...For his play all season long, Hope was named to the All-SoCon Second Team by the league's media members. Â
2022 Season (Sophomore) -Â Played in all 11 games for the Blue & Gold ... Tallied 48 tackles, two tackles for loss, one interception, six pass breakups and one fumble recovery ... Registered at least one tackle in all 11 games, including a season-high seven hits against Chattanooga ... Posted six hits at at The Citadel and at Mississippi State ... First collegiate interception came at Mercer.Â
2021 Season (Freshman) - Competed in all 13 games for the Bucs in the fall … Finished the season with a career-best 10 tackles, including nine solo … Registered 1.0 tackle for loss and one pass breakup … Registered a season-high three tackles against UVA Wise (Sept. 11) and Samford (Sept. 25).
2020 (Freshman)* - Appeared in all six games for ETSU, garnering his first collegiate start against Western Carolina on March 27 … Made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Samford (Feb. 20) … Finished the year with seven tackles (four solo) and one pass breakup … First career tackle came in Charleston as the Bucs defeated The Citadel (March 20) … Poured in a career game in the win over Western Carolina with four tackles (three solo) and one pass breakup.
*Season played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Prior to ETSU - Lettered in football and track & field at James Clemens High School … Named First Team All-Region and All-State in 2019, finishing with 65 catches for 1,001 yards … Awarded 2017 Second Team All-Huntsville and Second Team All-Region after 36 catches for 537 yards … Accumulated 142 catches in three years for 2,049 yards.
Personal: Son of Maria and Chris Hope … Majoring in Kinesiology.Â
