Clemson wide receiver Germone Hopper transferring

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson wide receiver Germone Hopper will transfer and play his final college season elsewhere. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney announced Hopper's

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson wide receiver Germone Hopper will transfer and play his final college season elsewhere.

Tigers coach Dabo Swinney announced Hopper's decision Wednesday.

The school said in a release that Hopper planned to graduate this summer, then play for another school this fall.

Hopper started three games this past season, catching 21 passes for 317 yards and a touchdown as Clemson (14-1) won the Atlantic Coast Conference title and reached the national championship game where it lost to Alabama 45-40 last month.

Hopper, from Charlotte, North Carolina, had 71 catches for 797 yards in three seasons with the Tigers. He redshirted his freshman season in 2012.