When Haden Hoggarth needed time away from football, he found what he needed 1,000 miles from home.
When the itch to play arose two years later, the answer was twice as far. And both destinations were thanks to a little help from Google.
Hoggarth, a junior kicker at Boise State, is 4-for-4 on field goals through two games. His path to the Broncos was as unbelievable as his sudden rise to reliability.
The Florida native played as a freshman in 2014 at Bethune-Cookman, a Football Championship Subdivision school in his home state. It was not a pleasant time, one he said “was a rough experience.