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Where Brycen Hopkins comes from and how his dad never got the respect he deserved

If when Brycen Hopkins was drafted by the LA Rams, and you heard that his dad was an NFL offensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans, you may have said something like, “Who? Never heard of him.” There’ve been thousands of NFL players you’ve likely never heard of, so who can be blamed for not knowing of some second-string guard who toiled for a couple of years on a practice squad and then made a handful of starts for a basement feeding team? That would be understandable. If that’s what Brad Hopkins was for the Titans.