FUEL
INSPIRATION
Have you had any conversations with Bill Belichick about lacrosse?
He loves the
sport and I still love the sport, so it’s fun every now and then to talk about it during springtime. We would talk about the final four or the NCAA tournament. Penn State and Hopkins are in the Big Ten together, and Rutgers is as well. His son [Patriots safeties coach Steve Belichick] is here, and I played against him at Rutgers. We have a little rivalry here in the building, so it’s definitely fun. There are a couple of sticks in the weight room that I’ve picked up here and there. It’s great to go back and watch the sport that I played so much during my lacrosse years.
‘CHRIS HOGAN, PENN STATE LACROSSE’
LIFE AFTER LAX BY MATT HAMILTON
“Sunday Night Football” took on a new meaning for lacrosse fans Nov. 13, when the New England Patriots hosted the Seattle Seahawks. Members of the Patriots’ starting offense gave their personal intros, stating their name and college. Toward the end of the lineup, Chris Hogan threw
How did lacrosse help you become a better football player?
College lacrosse
is very physically demanding. I was a midfielder, so I was always running up and down the field taking hits, giving out hits. The physical aspects of both the sport were pretty similar — eye-hand coordination, getting away from somebody. The only difference was memorizing a playbook.
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a curveball. “Chris Hogan, Penn State lacrosse.” Hogan, the former Nittany Lions star turned NFL wide receiver, generated buzz around the lacrosse community with that comment. And it’s not the first time he’s done so, after a career that saw him score 57 goals in three
seasons at Penn State. A high ankle sprain cut short his sophomore season, which allowed him to use a redshirt year to play football at Monmouth, which paved his path to the NFL. Now, Hogan plays for coach Bill Belichick, a huge lacrosse fan himself, and the New England Patriots.
What brought you to lacrosse? I was a baseball player. I ended up hurting my shoulder and needed something to do in the spring. My dad played lacrosse, so I ended up with an old stick in the garage that I picked up one day. I had a bunch of friends that played on the local team when we were in the eighth grade. I started tagging along with them. My first time playing real lacrosse was my freshman year of high school [at Ramapo, N.J.].
Is there any pro lacrosse in your future?
A lot of people said I should just do it, because then I would have played two professional sports. I don’t know. I’m going to keep playing football for as long as I can. If my body can hold up to it, maybe I’ll give it a go. USL
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COURTESY OF THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS/DAVID SILVERMAN
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