It might have taken 12 years as pro, multiple teams and a trade earlier this season, but DeAndre “Nuk” Hopkins will be suiting up Sunday for the Kansas City Chiefs with a chance to become a Super Bowl champion.

Both parts of that statement changed this season. After Hopkins got traded to the Kansas City Chiefs and finally experienced some winning — he was a part of two playoff wins in his first 11 seasons then doubled that total with the Chiefs last month — it came as he was practically a ghost in the offense.

Hopkins pulled himself out of a 34-10 loss to the Bills on Oct. 20 — sensing that Tennessee’s season was careening toward the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft — and was traded within days.