in the 2015 season, hopcutt missed the start of the season, due to an injury. it wasn't until on 5 may 2015 when he made his return from injury as a substitute, in a 4–1 win over syrianska. this was followed up by scoring his first goal of the season five days later, in a 2–1 win over afc united. after missing one match, he scored on his return on 20 may 2015, in a 3–2 win over assyriska and scored one week later, on 3 june 2015, in another 3–2 win over degerfors. halfway through the 2015 superettan season newspaper aftonbladet ranked him as the tenth best player in the league while östersunds-posten listed him as the fifth best östersunds fk player of all time. then, on 18 july 2015, he scored his fourth goal of the season, as well as, setting up one of the goals, in a 3–0 win over ik frej, followed up by scoring twice against varbergs bois seven days later, in a 4–1 win. a month later, on 24 august 2015, hopcutt scored a hat–trick (and his first östersunds fk's career), in a 5–1 win over utsiktens. towards the end of the 2015 season, he scored five more goals in the last four matches against gais (twice), jönköpings södra, syrianska and ljungskile. his goal against syrianska saw östersund secured promotion to the swedish top flight, allsvenskan, for the first time in their history following a second-place finish in the 2015 superettan. after the match, he said the promotion was dedicated to his family and his girlfriend. for his performance, hopcutt was awarded superettan's player of the year. at the end of the 2015 season, he went on to make twenty–four appearances and scoring fifteen times (becoming the second top–scorer in the league, just two goals behind fredrik olsson) in all competitions.