Long after his reign of the page had ended, his dad finally found out, and the website has since largely gone dormant. It never did reach the level of followers that AKMat had, but it served its purpose, and it still has around 350 followers to date. And best of all, he didn’t get in trouble.
“When my dad finally found out, it wasn’t too bad; he’s a levelheaded guy,” Hopkins said. “When the cyber bullying was going on he was pretty upset, but it had been like a year, year-and-a-half when he found out. To this day, I honestly don’t know how he found out. He just texted me and my brothers and said, “Guys, these rankings are so bad, you got to do better.” I‘ve tried to ask him how he found out, but he won’t tell me.”
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The fear ran deep enough that on his recruitment visit Hopkins told former coach Cary Kolat about the page, but his laughter was cut short so he could make sure to tell Kolat not to tell his mom.
Kolat and the Camels saw something they liked in him, as well as the heir to the IG page. Both he and his brother Levi have made a collegiate career out of wrestling for Campbell, and you still never quite know how Hopkins plans to motivate those around him like he did in high school.
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