Tennessee Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has been pulling double duty as of late.
On top of preparing for games, Hopkins is working on keeping the promise that he made to his mother years ago by attempting to finish up his college degree.
Buy Titans TicketsThe former All-Pro wideout is currently attending online and virtual classes at Clemson University after he re-enrolled as a student prior to the Fall semester starting.
A video recently went viral after one of his classmates noticed that they were in the same online class as the superstar pass-catcher, who was also in the team facility while in attendance.
I’m just trying to graduate smh https://t.co/eamdEAdlBy
— Deandre Hopkins (@DeAndreHopkins) September 21, 2023
The Titans wide receiver left Clemson after the 2012 campaign to chase his dream of being in the NFL, and he undoubtedly made the right choice.
After he was a first-round pick of the Houston Texans in the 2013 NFL draft, he has put together an impressive career and will likely be in the Hall of Fame whenever he decides to hang his cleats up for good.
The Clemson product was asked on Friday why this is such an important milestone for him to pursue, even though he’s already made generational wealth within his respective field.
“It’s important because I come from a family where not a lot of people graduated,” he said on Friday, per Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com.
“My father died when I was six months (old), and when I went to school that is something I promised my mom… I vowed that I’d make both of them proud, and graduate, and that’s something I promised my mom that I would do, knowing that my father would want me to graduate college.”
For those wondering, Nuk is working toward a degree in parks, recreation, and tourism management, with the intention of eventually producing his own music festivals.
“I always was interested in managing facilities,” said DHop. “Before I came to Nashville, I always wanted to put on music festivals and country music festivals, growing up on country music. That was my interest, going into that degree.”
The good news is, Hopkins said his teacher is very understanding of his NFL schedule, so he doesn’t have to stress about trying to be on the same timeline as the rest of his peers.
Let’s hope the Titans can make his final on-field dream of becoming a Super Bowl champion come true the same way he inevitably will make his and his mother’s educational dream a reality the second he walks across that stage and becomes a college graduate.
