2015: Starter in all 11 games ... Ranked fourth on the team with 63 total tackles (35 solo) ... Added 11 tackles for losses totaling 34 yards ... Finished with two sacks ... Broke up two passes ... Recovered team-high three fumbles ... Forced one fumble ... Blocked one kick ... Forced fumble in season opener against Bowie State (9/5) ... Recorded eight tackles at Assumption (9/18) ... Finished with one sack on the road against LIU Post (10/10) ... Added second sack in road victory against SCSU (11/7) ... Posted season-high 10 tackles and 2-1/2 tackles for losses in season finale against Stonehill (11/14).
2014: Started in nine games and played in all 11 ... First on the team in total tackles with 63 (33ua, 30a) ... Recorded three tackles for loss of five yards ... Tallied 0.5 sacks ... Nothced one interception two pass breakups and six quarterback hurries ... Strong defensive presence against Stonehill recording two solo and 10 assisted tackles and 0.5 sacks (9/27).
2013: Appeared in eight games as a sophomore ... Finished with 45 tackles ... Also added an interception ... Averaged 5.6 tackles per game ... Recovered first career fumble against AIC (9/13) ... Broke up a pass at LIU Post (10/5) ... Intercepted a pass 68 yards - his first career pick - at Saint Anselm (10/19) ... Also added his first career sack in that game.
2012: Saw action in five games as a freshman … Collected his first career solo tackle against Saint Anselm (11/10).
Before Merrimack: Three year varsity player ... WATD Patriot League Player of the Year as a senior ... Rushed for 1,250 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior ... Named Patriot League All-Star as a senior ... Boston Globe and Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic team member as a senior ... Boston Globe All-Star as a junior.
Personal: Born April 1, 1994 ... Son of John and Patty Hooper ... Has one sibling, Sam ... Business major at Merrimack.
CAREER HIGHS
All-purpose yards: 68, at Saint Anselm, 10/19/13
Interceptions: 1, Saint Anselm, 10/04/14 ; at Saint Anselm, 10/19/13
Long interception return: 68, at Saint Anselm, 10/19/13
Tackles: 12, at Stonehill, 09/27/14 (2-10)
Sacks: 1.0, at LIU Post, 10/10/15 (1-0); at Saint Anselm, 10/19/13 (1-0); at So. Conn. St., 11/07/2015 (1-0)
Tackles for loss: 3.0, Saint Anselm, 10/17/15 (3-0)
Fumbles forced: 1, Bowie State, 09/05/15
Fumbles recovered: 1, 4 times
Pass breakups: 1, 5 times
Blocked kicks: 1, at LIU Post, 10/10/15
