George Hypolite

Houston

Sep 12 (Fri)

5:30 PM

Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
6-1
Weight:
285
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Loyola

AT COLORADO: 2008 (Sr.)?He started all 12 games at defensive tackle (32 career starts), earning second-team All-Big 12 Conference honors from both the Associated Press and league coaches, as well as four other publications. He was a first-team All-Colorado selection by the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation. He earned several team awards, including the Dean Jacob Van Ek Award for academic excellence, the Robbie Robinson Award for community service, and Best Interview as selected by the school’s beat media. He was also an inaugural member to be selected for the Gold Group Commitment Award. He again played 80 percent of the team’s snaps from scrimmage (668) in posting 45 tackles (29 solo), with seven for losses, including four quarterback sacks and seven for zero gain. He also had 12 quarterback hurries, seven third down stops and a chasedown (near sack). He had a season-high eight tackles at Texas A&M, which included four for losses (two sacks), and had five tackles in five or more games. He was CU’s lineman of the week for the Eastern Washington game, when he had four tackles and two quarterback hurries. His 32 career tackles for loss tied for the 15th most in school history, while his 12? quarterback sacks tied for 18th. He was on the official watch lists for five major awards that honor defensive players, and advanced the quarterfinalist stage for the Ronnie Lott Award (one of 20). He was also under consideration for the Lombardi Award (one of 54 preseason candidates); the Ronnie Lott Award (one of 42); the Chuck Bednarik Award (one of 75); Bronko Nagurski Award (one of 88); and the Outland Trophy (one of 70). A second-team preseason All-America choice by the Sporting News, Lindy’s Big 12 Football and Nationalchamps.net, while Athlon named him to its third-team; he was also one of 47 defensive tackles on the Football Writer’s Association of America preseason All-America checklist. Lindy’s ranked him as the No. 4 DT in the nation, while Phil Steele’s College Football tabbed him at No. 10. He was one of 22 players across the country who wrote a weekly column for The Sporting News Today on-line.

2007 (Jr.)?He played in all 13 games, starting 12 including the Independence Bowl (all but the Nebraska game, when he was hampered a bit by a hamstring injury along with CU opening in a nickel defense). He earned first-team All-Big 12 Conference honors from both the Associated Press and the league coaches, and picked up a very prestigious honor when he was one of 11 members named to the 2007 American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team for his community service work. He was selected by the team’s beat media for the Best Interview Award. In 684 snaps from scrimmage, he racked up 44 tackles (34 solo), the most by a lineman, and tied for the team lead with 11 tackles for loss. He had a team-best six quarterback sacks (8.5 for his career), the most sacks by a defensive tackle since 2002, when Tyler Brayton wrapped up his senior season with seven. He was third in the Big 12 and 77th nationally in sacks (0.5 per game), and he also tied for seventh in the Big 12 in tackles for loss. He also had seven hurries, six tackles for zero, five third down stops, an interception (the first of his career, it set up CU’s touchdown against Missouri), a pass deflection and a near sack. The coaches selected him as the lineman of the week for the Colorado State game, when he had six tackles, three for losses including two sacks, and he was the CU Male Athlete of the Week for the Florida State game, when he had 10 tackles (8 solo), three behind the line, and a pair of third down stops. He also had eight tackles, seven solo, at Iowa State, yet another game where he had three tackles for loss. In the bowl game against Alabama, he had five tackles (two solo), with one for a loss and a quarterback hurry.

2006 (Soph.)?He earned honorable mention All-Big 12 honors by the league coaches, and was also an honorable mention All-Colorado performer as selected by the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation. He played in all 12 games, including eight starts at defensive tackle, and was in for 601 snaps from scrimmage. He had 50 tackles (31 solo), with his 13 tackles for loss the second most on the team; his two-and-a-half quarterback sacks tied for the third most. He also had seven hurries, four third down stops, two fumble recoveries, one caused, and three passes broken up. He was named CU’s Athlete-of-the-Week for his efforts in the 14-13 setback at Georgia, when he had four tackles, three for losses including two quarterback sacks, a forced fumble and a recovery. Other top games include an overtime loss to Baylor, when he recorded a season- and career-high nine tackles (six solo), with three for losses, a pressure and a pass deflection. He also had six tackles against Missouri, and five tackles three other times, including the Oklahoma game, when three of the quintet were behind the line of scrimmage. He added 15 pounds to his frame between when he arrived on the Boulder campus and the start of his sophomore season.

2005 (Fr.)?He saw action in 12 games including the Champs Sports Bowl (no starts), playing for the first time against New Mexico State in the second game of the year. He saw most of his action at tackle, but he did play some at end, especially around midseason when the position was hit hard by injury. In playing 203 snaps from scrimmage, he was in on 10 tackles (five solo), with one for a loss; he also registered three third down stops, three quarterback hurries and a chasedown (near sack). He had two tackles against Missouri (both solo) and Iowa State (both assists), with a single stop in six other games. The coaching staff never considered redshirting him after the first impressions he made at the start of fall camp.

HIGH SCHOOL?As a senior, he earned SuperPrep All-Far West honors, ranked No. 96 overall in California, while PrepStar named him to its preseason All-West team, ranking him as one of the two top fullbacks in the west. Scout.com listed him as a member of its West Hot 100 list, ranking him No. 34 overall and as the fourth running back. He was a first-team all-Sierra League performer at defensive end. He also earned all-league honors as a junior (at fullback), when he also was named to the all-state Underclass team; it was the first year he played any organized football. As a senior, he started at both fullback and defensive end: he rushed 36 times for 520 yards and five touchdowns, also catching 12 passes for about 200 yards on offense; defensively, he was in on 45 tackles (25 solo), with 10 for losses including six quarterback sacks, along with 35 hurries, two forced fumbles and one recovery. As a junior, he played solely at fullback, carrying the ball 121 times for 669 yards and five touchdowns with seven receptions for close to 100 yards and two more scores. He had two 100-yard games in his career, as well as seven runs of 50 yards or longer. Top career games: in a 21-14 win over Long Beach Poly in the CIF title game his junior year, he rushed 10 times for 89 yards and several first downs, in addition to having one of his best blocking games of his career; also in a win over Esperanza that same season, he had six rushes for 102 yards and two scores; and in a 28-14 playoff win over Edison as a senior, he had nine rushes for 115 yards, including the long run of his career of 78 yards for a touchdown. Loyola was 11-3 his junior season, winning the Sierra League title as well as the CIF Division I championship, and was 9-3 his senior year, also claiming the league crown in reaching the state quarterfinals under coach Steve Grady. He also lettered three times in basketball (forward) and was a member of two CIF Division 1-A championship teams.

ACADEMICS?He pursued a double major in Ethnic Studies and Women’s Studies at Colorado; he graduated in three years in the former (May 2008) thanks to full semester course loads and almost three dozen summer school hours once he decided to go for two majors instead of one, and completed the second degree in December 2008. He earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 team honors as both a junior and senior after garnering second-team status as a sophomore. He was also first-team Academic All-District as a senior. He earned a “free spirit” scholarship he utilized at Loyola, awarded to a student who embodies free spirit in academics. He owned a 3.28 grade point average in high school.

PERSONAL?Born August 1, 1987 in Los Angeles. Hobbies include working out, playing basketball and woodworking. He has been very active in community relations, as he logged between 300-400 hours the two straight summers preparing food for homebound AIDS patients, and worked extensively at a Los Angeles area shelter for battered women. He is very active with CU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), he worked this part summer in CU’s sales and marketing office, helping sell season football tickets. He was also Colorado’s 2007 nominee for the AFCA Good Works team. (Last name is pronounced hip-puh-light.)

Season	G	Plays	Tackles UT AT--TOT	TFL	Sacks	3DS	Hurr	FR	FF	PBU	Int
2005	11	203	5 5 -10	1-1	0- 0	3	3	0	0	1	0
2006	12	601	31 19 -- 50	13-44	2.5-18	4	7	2	1	3	0
2007	12	684	34 10 -- 44	11-53	6-42	5	7	0	0	1	1
2008	12	668	29 16 -- 45	7-29	4-22	7	12	0	0	0	0
Totals	47	2156	99 50 -- 149	32-127	12.5-82	19	29	2	1	5	1