Georgia State enrolls first player for new football team

Georgia State has a football player, and his name is Mark Hogan.

Georgia State, which will play its first football season in 2010, on Monday enrolled Hogan as its first scholarship athlete.

Hogan is the son of Mark Hogan Sr., who played for Georgia State coach Bill Curry at Georgia Tech in the 1980s. The younger Hogan, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound receiver and running back, graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury High School in Sudbury, Mass., last spring.

The elder Hogan was a starting safety on Georgia Tech’s 1985 team that finished 9-2-1.

Curry plans to sign a full class in February, and the team will begin practicing next fall.

“This is a unique situation, being the first and only football player at Georgia State,” Hogan said. “I am excited to get in the weight room and get stronger so I can be ready for next fall.”

Hogan said he met Curry for the first time this fall. He said he had heard much about the coach from his father.

“I had heard a lot of stories from my father about what a great coach and great person he is,” Hogan said. “My father was fortunate to be part of a special team at Georgia Tech, and now I have a chance to do that at Georgia State.”