The open receptor of Kansas City Chiefs, Deandre Hopkins, paid a moving tribute to his late father with a long mink coat for his entrance to the Super Bowl 59.
The star receiver has been a great piece of the Chiefs for a third consecutive title game after it was acquired from the Tennessee Titans in an October exchange.
He arrived at the game with a mink coat that belonged to his father, who died in a car accident in 1992 when Hopkins had only five months.
“My father was (a) family leader, leader of our community,” Hopkins said about Harris Steve Hopkins earlier this week.
“So it means a lot to have a bit of him with me.”
According ESPNHe had promised himself that he would wear the jacket on his wedding day or in his first appearance at the Super Bowl, which came first.
Obviously I am not married. I'm going to wear my dad's vision jacket, “Hopkins said on the opening night of the Super Bowl.
Hopkins told him Fox4kc that had to “sew it and work a little” to have it ready for the game.
The open receptor of Kansas City Chiefs Deandre Hopkins paid a moving tribute to his late father with his outfit for his entrance to Super Bowl 59
The star receiver has been a great piece of the Chiefs to a third consecutive title game after the Titans Titans was acquired in an October exchange
The receiver often honors his mother, Sabrina Greenlee, giving him a football ball every time he gets a touchdown.
Kansas City changed to Deandre Hopkins in the middle of the season, when the two-time Super Bowl defense champions had lost the open receptors Marquise Brown and Rashee Rice for injuries, and hope was that the three times there could help stabilize To position group that had fought for years.
They could only have expected what would happen in the next three months.
Together with Patrick Mahomes, a capacitor receiver, Hopkins, and Brown, began to share their knowledge with Xavier Worthy, and the result has been a huge step towards the first round in the postseason.
“I understand the game more, I'm close to boys who have done it against good opponents,” Worthy said this week, while the Chiefs prepared to play Houston in the division round on Saturday at the Arrowhead stadium.
“Understanding your knowledge about how to do it has helped me to evolve,” Worthy said.
During his first nine games, Worthy caught only 20 passes for 246 yards and three scores.
In its next seven games, which coincides with the arrival of Hopkins to Kansas City, the fastest wide receiver to record a 40 -yard race time in the NFL Scouting Combine has caught 39 passes for 392 yards and three more touchdowns.
He arrived at the game with a mink coat that belonged to his father, who died in 1992 when Hopkins was only five months old.
The receiver often honors his mother, Sabrina Greenlee, giving him a football ball every time he scores a touchdown
'D-Hop is really an expert on a route. He played in the league for a long time, “Worthy said.
'Hollywood Brown, a boy similar to me, who helps me learn to run routes against the biggest men. They gave me some techniques to use.
What techniques exactly?
“I really can't tell you or you'll know my tricks,” Worthy said with a smile.
More importantly, the Texans and the rest of the NFL would know them.
It is important to keep in mind that Hopkins and Worthy are in one year contracts. They did not have the obligation to help Chiefs beyond this season, and they could have done their own issues.
But both are trying to win their first Super Bowl rings too, and to pour in worthy, they have better equipped Kansas City to make another deep postseason career.