DeAndre Hopkins to hold out for bigger contract

ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Tania Ganguli report the news about Hopkins and say the receiver actually showed up at camp Friday but took some belongings from his locker and did not officially report.

Hopkins in entering his fourth season of his rookie contract.

Hopkins will be subject to $40,000 per day in fines, partial forfeiture of his signing bonus, loss of a 5,000 roster bonus, and eventually the loss of a year of credit to free agency.

Hopkins improved his production each of the last two seasons with the Texans, and he finished 2015 with a remarkable 1,521 receiving yards, 111 receptions, and 11 touchdowns.

Hopkins will holdout for a new contract.

This is very noteworthy news as it pertains to the Colts, as DeAndre Hopkins is one of the best players on the Texans and Houston will be one of the biggest competitors to the Colts in the quest for an AFC South title. Past year he became the first player in National Football League history to record 100-yard games from four different quarterbacks in the same season.

May 31, 2016; Houston, TX, USA.

DeAndre Hopkins thinks he is worth more than his contract, but the Texans aren’t budging.

This comes on the eve of training camp starting and one of the first holdouts for the Texans in sometime. He wants the Texans to do for him what they did for J.J.