Redshirted senior running back Roger Hagan is the final captain of the Javelina football team who is not just a workhorse for the offense but a workhorse for the game itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hagan is another captain who believes in leading by example and mentoring the talented athletes around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow that me and Jackson are seniors, you know, it\u2019s kind of like we\u2019re mentors now. Now that we\u2019re here we\u2019ve been showing the young guys the ropes. It\u2019s a pretty cool experience,\u201d Hagan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being a leader is one of Hagan\u2019s skills but in his career he\u2019s already eclipsed 1,000 career rushing yards ,which doesn\u2019t come without Hagan\u2019s constant grind every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe more experience of reps that I\u2019ve got over the past years, it kind of helped me get a better feel for the game when I\u2019m in the game. This experience of reps helps me do what I do,\u201d Hagan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even Offensive Coordinator Sean Lagerstrom preached on how much Hagan loves the grind and how it has attributed to his success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe success that he\u2019s had is largely based on his work ethic and his desire to show up every day and continue to put his best foot forward. No matter how well he\u2019s playing, he knows he can continue to get better and it\u2019s that desire to come every day to continue to get better,\u201d Lagerstrom said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With such a talented run game, Lagerstrom can see his offensive vision take shape upfront with Hagan\u2019s stellar play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnytime you can run the ball, it\u2019s going to open up your pass game as well. We want to be physical up front and he helps bring that physicality out of the backfield as well. We always talk about making the first guy miss and he obviously does a great job of that running through them, but he does a really good job in terms of the physicality,\u201d Lagerstrom said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Again, Hagan is a huge part of the success of the offense no matter what he does – whether its leadership or skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Running Back Coach Jeric Smith sees how Hagan does even the little things right by uplifting and coaching his fellow running backs even when he\u2019s not on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe celebrates everything that they do. When they do it right, he does a good job of supporting them. Whenever they do something wrong, you know, he\u2019ll coach them up, too. So, he\u2019s helped me out a lot,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Smith can see the impacts of Hagans\u2019 leadership rub off on the running back room and he sees how it is going to set the Javelinas up in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe take a lot of pride in that our room is deep and they\u2019re eager to get on the field. They also support each other so we\u2019ve got a pretty good running back culture in our room,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hagan\u2019s performances in the past few weeks have him on pace to finish with a 1,000 yard rushing season which will set up the Javelinas for a dominate second half of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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