Hoge leaves Kansas football team

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Another day and another transfer for coach Mark Mangino and the Kansas football team.

Kicker Stephen Hoge has left Lawrence and returned home to Oklahoma City to focus on getting into medical school, his mother Carolyn Hoge confirmed to the Kansan.

“Football just took a lot of his time and he just really felt like his career needed to come first,” Carolyn Hoge said. “He has plans to get into med school. It was a decision he made but he made it with our support. We told him we would support him in whatever he decided. It was not an easy decision but it’s something that he felt he needed to do.”

Ryan McGeeney

Redshirt freshman kicker Stephen Hoge gets in a few practice kicks prior to Friday morning's open practice at Memorial Stadium.

Hoge, a 6-4, 227 pound redshirt freshman who was listed as Kansas’ starting kicker on the preseason depth chart, will take classes at a local community college this fall before enrolling at Oklahoma in the spring.

He was named a Prepstar Magazine All-American following his senior year of high school in 2006 when he went a perfect 16-16 on extra points and hit 12 of 16 field goals. Hoge, who had contemplated the decision the past few weeks, was battling sophomore Jacob Branstetter and transfer Grady Fowler for the kicking position during camp and appeared to have a leg up on the job.

According to reports, Branstetter is facing eligibility issues stemming from his transfer from the Air Force Academy and may not be eligible to play either. He appears to be five credit hours short of being eligible but his parents have filed paperwork with the NCAA in hopes of getting him cleared to play.

If Branstetter is ineligible to play, that would leave Fowler, a transfer from Butler County Community College, as the only kicker on the team’s roster.

Fowler was an honorable mention All-America selection during his one season at Butler County but connected on just eight of 12 field goals. He did hit 53 of 55 extra points and scored 77 points on the season.

Hoge joins running backs Carmon Boyd-Anderson and Donte Bean as players who have transferred in recent days, but he appeared to be the only one of the three who could have seen significant playing time.

— — Edited by Scott Toland

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