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Jersey Number 5
Hasaan Hypolite
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fresno, Texas
- High School:
- Hightower HS
- Prev School:
- Colorado
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
National Signing Day Press Conference
Wednesday, December 03
Postgame Press Conference (at Baylor)
Saturday, November 29
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. TCU (Players)
Saturday, November 22
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. TCU (Coach Fritz)
Saturday, November 22
