Friday, July 23, 2021

43 days to WCU Football Kickoff - #43 Luke Hoggard




 


Welcome to the eleventh annual Catamount Football "100 days to Football Kickoff Countdown".

During the countdown, we'll highlight the player whose number corresponds to that day in the countdown. To help pass those long summer days, and hopefully get the Catamount faithful more excited about the upcoming season, and knowledgeable of the team members, we'll continue the football countdown each day until kickoff Saturday.

Since the official 2021 Catamount Football Roster has not yet been published, we'll use the 2021 Catamount Football Preseason Roster for jersey numbers until the new roster is posted, at which point we'll switch to the official roster for the remainder of the countdown.

It's now 43 days until the kickoff of Catamount football on Saturday, September 4th, 2021, against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels, in E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field, Cullowhee, NC.

Today, we will highlight a tight end: 

#43 Luke Hoggard









POSITION  Tight End
HEIGHT  6-0
WEIGHT  230
CLASS  Redshirt Junior
HOMETOWN  Edenton, N.C.
HIGH SCHOOL  John A. Holmes HS






2020-21 (Redshirt Junior): Saw action in four of the team’s nine games on the season between offense and special teams … Returned a kickoff six yards as an up-back against The Citadel (March 13) ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in seven games on the season as a reserve on offense and on special teams … Appeared in four straight games to conclude the season … Did not record any official statistics.

2018 (Redshirt Freshman): Only played in one game on special teams, suiting up against his former team at North Carolina (Nov. 17) in his WCU debut ... Named to the 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from North Carolina after attending UNC as a walk-on ... Did not see game action ... High School: Recorded 2,341 career passing yards and 26 touchdowns through the air as a two-year starter ... Helped guide his high school team to the state championship game as a senior ... Named all-conference and all-area as a senior ... Threw for 667 yards and eight TDs while rushing for 484 yards and six TDs as a senior ... Played for the winning East All-Stars in the 2017 North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA) East-West All-Star game, completing 4-of-7 passes for 70 yards ... Also played baseball and basketball as a prep, helping Holmes High to a baseball state championship.





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