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Lewis & Clark College

2024 Football Roster

Steve Gibbons
Ella Ruark
Claudia Loeber

8 Justin Hope

  • Position LB
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Sacramento, Calif.
  • High School Capital Christian
  • Major Rhetoric and Media Studies

Biography

2024 Awards
 
National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame (NFF)'s Hampshire Society Inductee
 
Northwest Conference Second Team: Linebacker 
 
2024 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 10
 
Solo Tackles/Total Tackles: 39 Solo/68 Total (10 two times) 
 
Sacks: 2.0 for 25 (1 two times)
 
Tackles For Loss/Yards: 5.5 for 32 Yards (2 at Pacific on 9/14)
 
Forced Fumble: 2 (1 two times)

Interceptions: 1 (1 vs Puget Sound 9/7)
 
Quarterback Hurries: 3 (1 three times)
 
Pass Breakups: 3 (1 three times)

  • Closed out his collegiate career by earning the first Second Team All-Conference honors of his career 
  • Led the Pioneers in solo tackles, total tackles, tackles-for-loss and forced fumbles and finished third on the team in sacks 
  • Ended the season tied for seventh in the NWC in solo tackles and eighth in total tackles
  • Tied for the league-lead in forced fumbles 
  • Wrapped up his career with 125 solo tackles, 233 total tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and two interceptions
  • Posted five-plus tackles in eight games as a senior 
  • Notched seven tackles (five solo), a sack, a QB hurry and a pass breakup against nationally-ranked Montana Western on September 21 
  • Recorded back-to-back 10 tackle games (six solo) on October 19 (Pacific) and October 26 (Pacific Lutheran) 

2023 Awards 
 
Northwest Conference Honorable Mention: LB
 
NWC Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week: October 14  
 
2023 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 10
 
Solo Tackles/Total Tackles: 32 Solo/66 Total (18 at Pacific 10/14)  

Tackles For Loss: 4.0 for 6 Yards (2.0 at Puget Sound 9/2)

Pass Breakups: 2 (1 two times)  

  • Put together a career season as a junior 
  • Earned his first career All-Conference honors after leading the Pioneers in solo and total tackles and tackles-for-loss 
  • Added three quarterback hurries, two pass breakups and one interception 
  • Posted multiple tackles in all 10 games and five or more tackles six times 
  • Registered a career-high seven solo tackles and at the time career-high nine total tackles, to go along with two tackles-for-loss in the opener at Puget Sound 
  • Posted two solo tackles and his first collegiate interception (19-yard return) on September 16 at Montana Western
  • Recorded 18 tackles (seven solo), the most by a Pioneer since November 14, 2015, in a road win over Pacific on October 14 at Pacific 
  • Ends his third season with 85 solo tackles, 165 total tackles, 10.5 tackles-for-loss, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and one interception 

2022 Stats (Season High In Parentheses)
 
Games: 9
 
Solo Tackles/Tackles: 25 Solo/53 Total (8 Tackles at Pacific Lutheran 10/8)
 
Tackles For Loss: 3.5 for 21 Yards (1.5 vs. Whitworth 10/1) 
 
Sacks: 1.5 for 14 Yards (1.0 vs. Whitworth 10/1) 
 
Pass Breakups: 4 (2 at Whittier 9/17) 

  • Served as a starting linebacker for the Pioneers
  • Tied for the team lead with a career-high 53 total tackles
  • Led the Pioneers with 25 solo tackles and two forced fumbles
  • Racked up 1.5 sacks (14 yards) and 3.5 tackles for loss (21 yards
  • Finished second on the team with four pass break ups and third with two QB hits
  • Added one fumble recovery
  • Posted seven games with five or more tackles
  • Racked up four tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble against Whitworth University on October 1
  • Posted a season-high five solo tackles and eight total tackles against Pacific Lutheran University on October 8
  • Ended the year with five or more tackles in six-straight games.

As a Sophomore (2021-22): Played in all nine games … Finished the season with 28 solo tackles, 18 assisted tackles, two pass break ups, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries … Recorded two sacks for a loss of 15 yards, three tackles for loss for 16 yards … Had three solo tackles, two assisted tackles, one sack, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries on Oct. 16 at Willamette … Had five solo tackles and two assisted tackles in first career appearance in the season opener on Sep. 11 at Claremont M-S.

As a Freshman (2020-21): Season canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Entrepreneurship ... Member of the Locker Room Club.

Prior to the Pios: Two-time CAL League Champions ... San Joaquin Section Champ ... Led CAL League - Tackles ... Team Defensive MVP ... Senior Optimist Game.

Why Lewis & Clark?: Education and opportunities after graduating.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020First Year

    LB
    5'11" 210 lbs
  • 8

    2021-22Sophomore

    LB
    5'11" 210 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2022Junior

    LB
    5'11" 205 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    LB
    5'11" 190 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2024Graduate Student

    LB
    5'11" 195 lbs
    8