Chris Hogan (American football)

Chris Hogan, whose full name is Christopher James Hogan, is an American former professional football wide receiver, born on 24 October 1987. He first played three years of college lacrosse for the Penn State Nittany Lions, then switched to football at Monmouth, where he played for the Monmouth Hawks. He entered the National Football League as an undrafted free agent and made his first roster in 2012 with the Buffalo Bills, staying four years. He signed a three-year contract with the New England Patriots in 2016, appeared in consecutive Super Bowls in his seasons there and won two of them. He closed out his ten NFL seasons with the Carolina Panthers, the New York Jets and the New Orleans Saints, so five NFL teams in all. Hogan also returned to lacrosse in 2021 as a midfielder for the Cannons and the Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club in the Premier Lacrosse League.