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Jersey Number 5
Hasaan Hypolite
- Position:
- S
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fresno, Texas
- High School:
- Hightower HS
- Prev School:
- Colorado
Bio
Last name pronounced hip-puh-light
Student-Athlete Features
Cougar Digest – Humbled Hypolite Making Most of Second Chance Back Home
As a Senior (2023)
As a Junior (2022)
As a Sophomore (2021)
As a Sophomore (2020)
As a Redshirt Freshman (2019)
Prior to Houston
Student-Athlete Features
Cougar Digest – Humbled Hypolite Making Most of Second Chance Back Home
As a Senior (2023)
- Earned Bachelor of Science in Health
- One of five Cougars to be a three-time team captain (2021-23)
- Appeared in all 12 games (631 snaps)
- 398 defensive snaps came at five different positions
- 186 box; 100 slot corner; 92 free safety; 19 d-line and 1 FG/XP block
- 233 special teams snaps across all 12 games
- Four starts, coming at free safety (1) and strong safety (3)
- 33 tackles (21 solo) and one TFL
- Registered a tackle in 11 of 12 games
- Eight tackles including five solo stops in win at Baylor (Nov. 4)
- UH’s Special Teams Player of the Week vs. West Virginia (Oct. 12)
- Two special teams tackles and season-high 73.7 PFF ST grade vs. WVU
- Multiple tackles in seven different games
- Four stops (3 solo) in Senior Day performance vs. Oklahoma State (Nov. 18)
As a Junior (2022)
- Houston Football Team Captain
- Appeared in 10 games (431 snaps)
- Made seven starts at boundary safety
- Missed final three games (ankle injury)
- Made 32 total tackles (16 solo, 16 assisted)
- Recorded at least one tackle in all 10 games
- Four solo stops at SMU (Nov. 5)
As a Sophomore (2021)
- Houston Football Team Captain
- Appeared in 12 games at safety
- Set new single-season career highs in tackles (44.0)
- Set new single-season career highs in tackles for loss (3.0)
- Interception with four tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Rice (Sept. 11)
- Season-high five solo tackles vs. East Carolina (Oct. 23)
- Five tackles and one pass breakup against Memphis (Nov. 19)
- Season-high tackles for loss (1.0) at UConn (Nov. 27)
As a Sophomore (2020)
- American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
- Appeared in eight games
- Made five starts at safety
- Third on team with 30 tackles (17 solo)
- Tied for the team lead with one interception
- Five tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss in season-opening win vs. Tulane (Oct. 8)
- One stop vs. BYU (Oct. 16), Navy (Oct. 24) and UCF (Oct. 31)
- First career interception and two tackles at Cincinnati (Nov. 7)
- Three tackles vs. USF (Nov. 14)
- Seven tackles, including a tackle for loss, at Memphis (Dec. 12)
- Season high 10 tackles vs. Hawaii in New Mexico Bowl (Dec. 24)
As a Redshirt Freshman (2019)
- Sat out after transferring from Colorado
Prior to Houston
- Spent 2018 season at Colorado
- Appeared in one game before taking redshirt
- Collegiate debut vs. Colorado State (three total plays)
- Three-star recruit from Hightower High School
- Three-time All-District selection
- First-Team All-District at safety as junior and senior
- No. 71 athlete on Houston Chronicle’s Class of 2018 Top 100 High School Football recruits
- Hurricanes went 5-5 as a senior, 5-5 as a junior and 10-1 as a sophomore
- 72 tackles, 13 for losses, had four pass breakups and three forced fumbles as a junior
- Competed in track and field (long jump)
- Personal best leap of 17-0 in long jump
- Son of Hasaan Hypolite and Terrance Lynette Gipson
- Older brother, Ortavious Hypolite, played football at SFA (2010-13)
- Uncle, Mark Roman, played collegiately at LSU
- Uncle Mark Roman played 10 seasons in the NFL (49ers, Packers and Bengals)
- Roman recorded 542 total tackles, eight sacks, 39 passes defended, six interceptions and four forced fumbles
- Earned Bachelor of Science in Retailing & Consumer Science from UH
- Nicknam: Hypo (hippo) because of last name
- Hobbies: watching cooking shows, studying streetwear
- Dream job outside football: owning a streetwear brand
- Hidden talent: cooking
- Played with current teammates Jamal Morris, Nelson Ceaser, Alex Hogan, and Antonio Brooks in high school
- Loves watching pimple popping videos
- His older brother played football at Stephen F. Austin
- Uncle Mark Roman played in the NFL
- Chose UH because he wanted to come home
- Fears heights (specifically when his feet are dangling)
- One word to describe him on the field: "Ooooooh"
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: tacos
- His motivation for working hard: family
- Best advice: "ain't nothing fair out here but corn dogs and Ferris wheels"
- Highlight of his life thus far: evolving into the man he wants his daughters to bring him
- Sports hero: Hasaan Hypolite III; watched him change his life and prove things to himself even he doubted
- Older brother Dre attended UH in 2014
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: winning defensive MVP of his district senior year
- Unique Fact: he’s the third Hasaan in his family after his older brother passed away, who was Hasaan Jr., so his father named him in honor of his older brother
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Colorado
Friday, September 12
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
