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Rainer Sabin / Reporter
He is from New Jersey, went to Monmouth and doesn't have the credentials of other players in his draft class. But he's not Dallas Cowboys star Miles Austin. His name is Chris Hogan and he has started to attract interest from NFL scouts as he tries to work his way into the professional ranks.
A former all-conference lacrosse player at Penn State, Hogan tried football late in his college career. Consequently, he has a short resume. But while he doesn't appear to have the requisite experience to be an NFL player, he has the strength and speed, according to a report by The Star Ledger of New Jersey:
The Giants, Jets, Colts and 49ers have all been in contact with Hogan, who is trying to make up for lost time on the football field. Will the Cowboys take a look?
"Scouts say, 'Well, if he's so good, why did he only play 13 plays a game on offense?'" Monmouth offensive coordinator Scott Van Zile told The Star-Ledger. "I tell them since Miles (Austin), we've had good receivers but not great receivers who can flat-out win 1-on-1s, so we're a concept-based passing team and the ball finds the open receiver.
"But had we known what this kid was or had him for another year, we would have made him the focal point and there's no doubt he would be the conference player of the year because there's no one in the conference like him."
He is from New Jersey, went to Monmouth and doesn't have the credentials of other players in his draft class. But he's not Dallas Cowboys star Miles Austin. His name is Chris Hogan and he has started to attract interest from NFL scouts as he tries to work his way into the professional ranks.
A former all-conference lacrosse player at Penn State, Hogan tried football late in his college career. Consequently, he has a short resume. But while he doesn't appear to have the requisite experience to be an NFL player, he has the strength and speed, according to a report by The Star Ledger of New Jersey:
- A former all-conference lacrosse player at Penn State, he played only one year as a receiver and cornerback for Monmouth. The 6-2, 220-pound Hogan had just 12 receptions, but three of them were touchdowns and he had three interceptions. Still, he wasn't anywhere near NFL teams' radars.
That is, until he ran a 4.47-second 40-yard dash, blew away the competition in the other speed drills and bench-pressed 225 pounds 28 times at Fordham's pro day March 8. Each of those figures would have put him at, or near, the top of the receivers who worked out at the NFL Scouting Combine.
"I always tell people Chris and 'Cush' are two of the best athletes I've ever trained," said Joe DeFranco, owner of DeFranco's Training in Wyckoff, in reference to Hogan and Texans linebacker Brian Cushing, a Bergen Catholic grad.
"He's just an all-around athlete. And he's not a lacrosse player trying to play football; he's a football player who took a couple of years off."
The Giants, Jets, Colts and 49ers have all been in contact with Hogan, who is trying to make up for lost time on the football field. Will the Cowboys take a look?
"Scouts say, 'Well, if he's so good, why did he only play 13 plays a game on offense?'" Monmouth offensive coordinator Scott Van Zile told The Star-Ledger. "I tell them since Miles (Austin), we've had good receivers but not great receivers who can flat-out win 1-on-1s, so we're a concept-based passing team and the ball finds the open receiver.
"But had we known what this kid was or had him for another year, we would have made him the focal point and there's no doubt he would be the conference player of the year because there's no one in the conference like him."
