Career Accolades: Three-time Ivy League champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... Three-time first-team All-Ivy (2010-12) ... Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 12, 2012) ... NCAA National Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13, 2012) ... 2011 Lindy's Preseason Second-Team All-America ... 2011 College Sports Madness Preseason Third-Team All-America ... Played in final 39 games of his career, including 30-straight starts in his last three seasons ... Finished career with 160 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 11.0 sacks, four pass breakups, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, a blocked kick, an interception, a touchdown and a safety.
2012: First-Team All-Ivy ... Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 12) ... NCAA National Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 13) ... Started all 10 games for the third straight season ... Led team and finished seventh in the Ivy League with 5.0 sacks ... Second on the team with 8.5 tackles for loss and finished with 51 tackles overall ... Finished third in the Ivy League with two fumble recoveries ... Had game-clinching safety in Ivy title-clinching victory over Harvard (Nov. 10) ... Had five or more tackles on six occasions, including a season-high eight against William & Mary (Oct. 6) and Columbia (Oct. 13) ... Career-high two sacks in win over Harvard on Senior Day ... Blocked a field goal in win over Columbia ... Had fumble recoveries in road wins at Princeton (Nov. 3) and Cornell (Nov. 17).
2011: First-team All-Ivy ... Lindy's Preseason Second-Team All-America ... College Sports Madness Preseason Third-Team All-America ... Started all 10 games ... Second on the team with 51 tackles ... Fourth on the team with 6.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks ... Returned a fumble for a touchdown in the win at Dartmouth (Oct. 1) ... Forced a fumble in the win against Fordham (Oct. 8) ... Season-high nine tackles on two occasions - at Villanova (Sept. 24) and in the win over Yale (Oct. 22) ... Also added a sack against the Wildcats and Rams.
2010: First-team All-Ivy ... Started all 10 games ... Finished fifth in the Ivy League with a team-high 10 tackles for loss ... Fifth on the team with 45 tackles ... Fourth on the team with three sacks ... First interception came in win at Yale (Oct. 23) ... Had at least one tackle in every game ... Led team with a season-best nine tackles in overtime win over Dartmouth (Oct. 2) ... Collected a season-high 2.5 tackles for loss in win over Columbia (Oct. 16) ... Also had eight tackles in Ivy title-clinching win over Harvard (Nov. 13).
2009: Played in the final nine games ... Recorded at least one tackle in every game he played ... Finished the season with 13 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack ... Recovered a fumble in Penn's overtime win at Brown (Oct. 31) ... First career sack came against Yale (Oct. 24).
Gilman School: Three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track ... Member of 2006 MIAAA Conference championship squad ... 2008 National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete of the Year ... 2008 Academic All-State team ... Participated in Maryland Crab Bowl and the Baltimore Touchdown Club all-star games in 2008 ... Nominated for the Army All-American game, and selected for All-Baltimore City honors ... President of Diversity Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Four-year honor roll student.
Personal: Son of Angela Hilton-Copeland and Jerry Copeland ... Grandfather Roy Hilton played 11 years in the NFL ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
Career Stats:
| SCORING |
g |
td |
rush |
rcv |
ret |
pat |
2pat |
fg |
total |
avg/g |
| 2009 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2010 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2011 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0.6 |
| 2012 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.2 |
| TOTAL |
39 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0.2 |
| TACKLES |
g |
ua |
a |
total |
tfl |
pd |
ff |
fr |
blk |
| 2009 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
2.0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 2010 |
10 |
27 |
18 |
45 |
10.0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2011 |
10 |
31 |
20 |
51 |
6.0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 2012 |
10 |
26 |
25 |
51 |
8.5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| TOTAL |
39 |
90 |
70 |
160 |
26.5 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
| SACKS |
g |
ua |
a |
total |
yards |
| 2009 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
1.0 |
9 |
| 2010 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
3.0 |
22 |
| 2011 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
2.0 |
16 |
| 2012 |
10 |
5 |
0 |
5.0 |
23 |
| TOTAL |
39 |
11 |
0 |
11.0 |
70 |
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 6, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011
Touchdowns: 1, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011
All-purpose yards: 7, at Yale, Oct 23, 2010
Interceptions: 1, at Yale, Oct 23, 2010
Long interception return: 7, at Yale, Oct 23, 2010
Tackles: 9, Dartmouth, Oct 02, 2010 (6-3); Yale, Oct 22, 2011 (4-5); at Villanova, Sep 24, 2011 (6-3)
Sacks: 2.0, Harvard, Nov 10, 2012 (2-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.5, Columbia, Oct 16, 2010 (2-0)
Fumbles forced: 1, at Cornell, Nov 20, 2010 ; Fordham, Oct 08, 2011
Fumbles recovered: 1, 4 times
Pass breakups: 1, at Princeton, Nov 03, 2012 ; Harvard, Nov 13, 2010 ; at Lafayette, Sep 15, 2012
Blocked kicks: 1, Columbia, Oct 13, 2012
