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1 on 1 with DeAndre Hopkins: New Look Titans, His Football Camp, & His Next Nashville Side Quest
Mar 27, 2025
Sam Phalen chatted with Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins on Sunday at Nissan Stadium, before his youth football camp. They talked about the new look Titans, his football camp, new adventures that he's pursuing in Nashville, and more.
*1 on 1 with DeAndre Hopkins: New Look Titans, His Football Camp, & His Next Nashville Side Quest*
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All right, Titans fans, Sam Phelan of A to Z sports
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I'm here with Future Hall of Fame, wide receiver, Tennessee Titans wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins
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We are at the DeAndre Hopkins Youth Football Camp here at Nissan Stadium
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DeAndre, I'll let you kick it off here and just talk to me about this event, why this was something that you really wanted to do with the Nashville community
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and something that's important to you. You know, Nashville is, you know, welcome me with open arms
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I knew coming here, I wanted to do something for this community. Took time. I want to thank the Titans for allowing us to use the Nissan Stadium today
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You just get these kids that experience, you know, that they don't get often
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I asked around when I got here, how many camps do they hold here? I didn't hear about many, so I was like, you know, I have to do something here
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And so I'm thankful. Did you go to camps growing up? Like, was this part of your football origin story
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It wasn't. And so I always wanted to do something that I didn't have a chance to do
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I went to one camp as a junior in high school, and that was an underwater camp
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And after that, you know, I really didn't get the opportunity. I stayed in Clemson
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So, you know, it wasn't many camps going on. as Clemson University, and we couldn't afford the Clems University counts
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Young DeAndre Hopkins gets to pick a dream NFL player to host a camp just like this one Who would he want to host a camp I would have to go with Calvin Johnson Okay little Megatron Yeah Megatron He the goat
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You know, it's one of my favorite players. So the kids might not know who he is, but they can watch his highlights
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so they'll figure it out fast. I want to pivot a little bit to this team that's getting going here in a week
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Here's Tennessee Titans regular season action one week from today. Year and a couple months ago
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you were on IMATHI with Brandon Marshall, and you said, three things. I want stable management upstairs. I want a quarterback that loves the game and
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propels the people around him. And I want a really good defense. After what you've seen from
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Rancarthon, what you've seen from Will Levis and his development as a rookie to his second year
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And now all the dogs that they're bringing into this defense in Tennessee, is it safe to say
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that they've got all three here in Nashville? You know, on paper, of course, but we've got to go
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out there and put it together. You know, I think every team right now feels like they have
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the best, this, best, that, whatnot. So, you know, it's NFL. And every Sunday you guys wrap it up
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Underdog, overdog, whatever that means, you know, it's NFL. So, of course, you know, I said that
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And I feel like Rand has done a great job of what he done with this organization And I thankful to be here You a guy who prides herself on as many quarterbacks as you played within your career So you familiar with this whole like new pieces coming and gelling together
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So how does that benefit you and, like, how can you benefit the Titans with your experience of being able to just, hey, like get on the same page with the guy, put it together
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You know, I play a lot of football with a lot of different quarterbacks, like you said
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It takes patience. Yeah. It takes communication. And that's something I feel like I can help some of the younger where I'm
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receivers, you know, Tyler Boy, Calvin Ridley. Those guys are great, but, you know, they didn't
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they haven't went through many changes like I have. And so, you know, I'm here for any questions
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Tyler obviously has been in this offense. He's helping me and everyone else, but not just those guys
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but players around who's dealing with a new coaching change. Cool. I got an interesting one for you
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because I view DeAndre Hopkins is kind of a side quest guy, man. You got a lot of different
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passions and interests away from the football field. So I see your music video with Shaboozy, your own
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Stayed with Morgan Wallin. You're walking in the Fear God fashion show
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all this stuff based on your interests. Give me a DeAndre Hopkins side quest that you want to do
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and have not been able to do yet. That could be coming in the future. Thorough Country Festival in Nashville Okay That something I want to do in the future that I haven done yet Uh so uh hopefully you know that have been horizon soon to to put on a country festival or some kind of music festival in Nashville
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Top three country artists right now for you? Oh, I'm going. That's hard
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Those are my buddies. Yeah, I don't want to, you don't have to offend anybody
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All right, all right. We can extend the list. Okay. All right. All right. We're going to go, we're going to go earnest
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Okay. Morgan and Chris Stapleton. All right, I like it. All right, last one
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I'm not gonna ask you for any predictions about the team or whatever, but what can Titans fans expect
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from the new era under Brian Cullen and more specifically, DeAndre Hopkins in 2020
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I think what they can expect from, you know, the new era under Callahan
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is a competitive team. You know, I don't think we're gonna go out there
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and get blue out. I feel like it's gonna always be a comparative game
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no matter who we play. And from DeAndreuxkings, just someone was gonna go out there and give it as all like I always have and compete
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Awesome, man. Appreciate it. I appreciate you. Thanks for it. Thank you
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