Hokie Gajan was Louisiana.
He played football. Excelled at it really, as anyone who reaches the NFL must be said to have done.
He was a Baker Buffalo, knowing the adoration of the small-town Louisiana high school football star.
He was an LSU Tiger, knowing the devotion that comes to those who get to start and stand out in the purple and gold. It was his dream, and through him countless other Louisianians got to live out their dream as well.
“Nobody could have pulled me away from LSU,” Gajan once said. “If Bear Bryant would have come and talked to me, it wouldn’t have made any difference whatsoever.