httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDuklD7asj8
Yes, Hogan caught only 12 passes in his one year playing college football at Monmouth.
Yes, Hogan went undrafted – who is going to pick a guy who had 12 total catches for an FCS-level school in New Jersey that illogically plays in the Big South conference?
Still, despite the fact that Hogan isn’t playing for shillings, as those who hear his legend might presume, he is another part of the Patriots’ long and fruitful lineage of finding success in unassuming places, and with unassuming players.
You might not have noticed, because, well, he was in Buffalo, but Hogan was a solid receiver in 2014 and 2015.
New England put in that $12 million offer sheet this past offseason and Buffalo let Hogan go – just another team that didn’t want him.
Hogan having a game like Sunday’s was shocking not because it was Hogan, but because defenses should have known better than to underestimate him.