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Derek Hagan No. 80 Buffalo Bills Wide receiver Personal information Date of birth: September 21, 1984 Place of birth: Northridge, California Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight: 215 lb (98 kg) Career information College: Arizona State NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 3 / Pick: 82 Debuted in 2006 for the Miami Dolphins Career history - Miami Dolphins (2006–2008)
- New York Giants (2008–2010)
- Oakland Raiders (2011)
- Buffalo Bills (2011-present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards Career NFL statistics as of Week 3, 2011 Receptions 91 Receiving yards 1,043 Receiving TDs 5 Stats at NFL.com Derek Steven Hagan, Jr. (born September 21, 1984, in Northridge, California) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. Hagan most recently played for the Oakland Raiders of National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arizona State.
Hagan has also played for the New York Giants.
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Early years
Hagan attended Palmdale High School in Palmdale, California, where he earned all-conference honors his junior and senior seasons. He caught 65 passes for 843 yards on offense and had 23 tackles and four interceptions on defense as a junior. He caught 78 passes for a school record 1020 yards and five touchdowns as a senior, while adding nine interceptions on defense. He was the team MVP as both a junior and a senior. Hagan also triple jumped 46 feet and averaged 12 points and five rebounds in basketball. He was a team captain in two sports his senior year: football and track.
College career
Hagan was recruited to Arizona State by head coach Dirk Koetter whom he played under for four years. He is second in Pac-10 history for career receptions with 258, and in career receiving yards with 3,939. He concluded his career as Arizona State's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, 100-yard games (18) and career receiving yards per game (78.8). Hagan also caught a pass in 41 consecutive games to end his career, and had at least one reception in 48 of 50 career games.
He surpassed 1,000 yards receiving in each of his final three years as a Sun Devil, leading the team each time. As as senior in 2005, he was voted co-captain of the team and caught 77 passes for 1,210 yards and eight touchdowns. Hagan earned All-American honors three times and All-Pac-10 honors twice.
College awards and honors
- The Sporting News Pac-10 All-Freshman (2002)
- Honorable mention All-Pac 10 (2003)
- Biletnikoff Award semi-finalist (2004)
- Second-team All-Pac 10 (2004)
- Rivals.com second-team All-American (2004)
- Rivals.com All-Pac 10 (2004)
- Arizona State Offensive MVP (2005)
- Biletnikoff Award semi-finalist (2005)
- First-team All-Pac-10 (2005)
- Rivals.com Third team All-American (2005)
- SI.com honorable mention All-American (2005)
Statistics
Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Avg./G 2002 14/3 32 405 12.7 0 51 28.9 2003 12/10 66 1076 16.3 9 80 89.7 2004 12/11 83 1248 15.0 10 79 104.0 2005 12/12 77 1210 15.7 8 59 100.8 Career 50/36 258 3939 15.3 27 80 78.8 College stats provided by: http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hagan_derek00.html
Professional career
Miami Dolphins
Despite his great career at Arizona State, Hagan had a poor showing during the Senior Bowl practices by dropping passes, which many predicted would damage his stock in the upcoming draft. He ran a 4.45 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine. He was drafted in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. His draft preparation with IMG was chronicled in the film Two Days in April.
Hagan spent the majority of his rookie season in 2006 as the Dolphins' fourth receiver behind starters Chris Chambers and Marty Booker and slot receiver Wes Welker. His problems with dropped passes continued throughout much of the season, and he failed to distinguish himself as a legitimate receiving threat. These drops, combined with the struggles of the Dolphins offense as a whole, resulted in a largely uneventful rookie campaign for Hagan. He finished the season with 21 catches for 221 yards and one touchdown in 14 games. The lone score came in an October 22 loss to the Green Bay Packers on a pass from Joey Harrington.
Hagan looked to get back on track in 2007 under new head coach Cam Cameron. He was given the chance to compete for playing time with the trade of Wes Welker to the New England Patriots. Hagan finished the year with 373 yards and two touchdowns in the 2007 season.
Nine weeks into the 2008 regular season, Hagan was released by the Dolphins on November 4. He had three receptions for 51 yards on the season.
New York Giants
Hagan was signed by the New York Giants on December 16, 2008 after running back Reuben Droughns was placed on injured reserve. He got a touchdown against the Redskins.
He was released on September 4, 2010, during final roster cuts. On November 16, the Giants re-signed Hagan, following injuries to Giants receivers Steve Smith and Ramses Barden.[1] He became an unrestricted free agent after the season.
Oakland Raiders
Hagan was signed by the Oakland Raiders on August 6, 2011, but released on November 2, 2011.
Statistics
Source: [2]
Receiving Fumbles Year Team G GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost 2006 MIA 16 0 21 221 10.5 24 1 - - 2007 MIA 16 1 29 373 12.9 22T 2 - - 2008 MIA 4 0 3 51 17.0 20 0 - - NYG 0 0 - - - - - - - 2009 NYG 16 0 8 101 12.6 23T 1 - - 2010 NYG 1 0 3 10 3.3 5T 1 - - Total 53 1 64 756 11.8 24 5 0 0 Personal
Derek earned a Bachelor of Science degree in justice studies while at Arizona State. He was a high school teammate (and former team mate) of Miami Dolphins safety Tyrone Culver.
References
External links
Miami Dolphins 2006 NFL Draft selections Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from the San Fernando Valley
- African American players of American football
- American football wide receivers
- Arizona State Sun Devils football players
- Miami Dolphins players
- New York Giants players
- Oakland Raiders players
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