LOS ANGELES -- A half-decade ago, Kevin Hogan was a relative unknown in the midst of Stanford football giants. He was one of many fresh faces, virtually obscured by Andrew Luck’s shadow -- until his athleticism turned heads in a summer pickup basketball game.
“He grabbed a rebound and he just took off,” Stanford center Graham Shuler remembered. “It seemed like it took him only two strides to cross the court, and he took off again from the free throw line to put in a finger roll over everybody. It was like -- ‘Yo!