Penn Stater Chris Hogan is currently the lead article on espn.com.
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In football he was a Rivals 2 star recruit with offers from Temple, New Hampshire and Western Michigan.
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Having a good college football program and having nfl talent are, of course, two different things. In basketball, a team with one or two elite players will often beat a team with five good, but not elite players. One or two players can take over a game. That's not often the case in football.
It's interesting when you look at nfl rosters and see where the players come from. You see a lot of players from small schools and P5 programs that don't win. In part, that indicates how difficult it is to project high-school talent. Some high-school kids are late bloomers, some get overlooked because of where they are from or their level of competition. Some kids get hyped up and are recruited by the top college programs and don't make it in the nfl, while some kids fly under the radar, go to a lesser program, and make the nfl. It's hardly an exact science.
All of the above blathering aside, Penn State puts plenty of kids in the nfl.
From SportsIllustrated (linked in headline):
Highlights from Chris Hogan's lacrosse days at Penn State
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New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan caught two touchdowns in the 36–17 AFC Championship win over the Steelers but it was Phil Simms' mention of his days at Penn State that sent lacrosse Twitter (which appears to be a thing) into a frenzy.
Hogan was a midfielder in his three years player for the Nittany Lions before switching to football for one season at Monmouth. He went undrafted before signing several practice squad contracts and finally getting his shot with the Bills in 2012. He signed a three-year deal with the Patriots in March 2016.
If you watch close enough, Hogan can be seen wearing his No. 19 jersey in highlights from his four-goal game against Robert Morris in 2010:
One lacrosse fan on Twitter was quick to uncover a box score from April 18, 2009, where Hogan scored three goals for Penn State against Stephen Belichick (the current safeties coach for the Patriots) and Rutgers.
Highlights from Chris Hogan's lacrosse days at Penn State
EXTRA MUSTARD
an hour ago
New England Patriots wide receiver Chris Hogan caught two touchdowns in the 36–17 AFC Championship win over the Steelers but it was Phil Simms' mention of his days at Penn State that sent lacrosse Twitter (which appears to be a thing) into a frenzy.
Hogan was a midfielder in his three years player for the Nittany Lions before switching to football for one season at Monmouth. He went undrafted before signing several practice squad contracts and finally getting his shot with the Bills in 2012. He signed a three-year deal with the Patriots in March 2016.
If you watch close enough, Hogan can be seen wearing his No. 19 jersey in highlights from his four-goal game against Robert Morris in 2010:
One lacrosse fan on Twitter was quick to uncover a box score from April 18, 2009, where Hogan scored three goals for Penn State against Stephen Belichick (the current safeties coach for the Patriots) and Rutgers.
