2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster
Hogg, DJ
Jersey Number 1
DJ Hogg
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 215
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- Plano West HS
Bio
Texas A&M Accolades
• 2017-18 – Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award Watch List
• 2015-16 – SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
2017-18 (Junior)
Played in 32 games during his junior campaign, drawing 31 starts and averaging 30.9 minutes per outing … ranked third on the team with a 11.1 point-per-game average while shooting 41.0 percent from the floor (119-of-290) and 37.8 percent from beyond 3-point range (65-of-172) … converted at a 71.8 percent from the free throw line (51-of-71) … also averaged 5.3 rebounds per contest while compiling 84 assists, 27 blocks and 27 steals … reached double-digit scoring in 19-of-32 games while producing two double-doubles on the season … poured in 19 points in 30 minutes off the bench against No. 11 West Virginia (11/10) during the season-opening Armed Forces Classic at Ramstein Air Base in Germany … finished 4-of-6 from the 3-point line while adding seven rebounds and six assists against the Mountaineers ... fell one point shy of career high in home-opener against UCSB (11/17), finishing with 24 points on 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc while chipping in six rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal in 31 minutes of action … stayed hot from the floor in 34 minutes during Legends Classic semifinal against Oklahoma State (11/20), shooting 4-of-7 from beyond the 3-point line to finish with 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a steal ... matched career-high with 39 minutes played in Legends Classic championship game against Penn State (11/21), scoring seven points, grabbing seven rebounds and dishing four assists against the Nittany Lions ... remained one of the hottest shooters in the country, finishing 4-of-9 from beyond the 3-point line against Pepperdine (11/24) … scored 18 points to go along with nine rebounds, three blocks, two assists and a steal in 32 minutes of action against the Waves ... flirted with a double-double (15 points / eight rebounds) in road win at No. 10 USC (11/26), adding four assists, three steals and a block against the Trojans ... continued his torrid scoring pace by dropping 17 points on UTRGV (11/30), recorded his second career double-double with 10 boards ... matched season-high five made 3-pointers to finish with 18 points against Savannah State (12/13) ... missed the Buffalo (12/21), Alabama (12/30) and Florida (1/2) contests while serving a three-game suspension for a violation of Texas A&M policy … set a career-high with five blocks at LSU (1/23), the five swats were the second most by an Aggie this season ... knocked down 3-of-6 shots from behind the arc in the win over Arkansas (1/30) ... dished out a season-best seven in a road win over No. 8 Auburn (2/7) ... hit 4-of-7 from behind the arc in a 16-point game against No. 24 Kentucky (2/10) ... put together a solid performance during the NCAA Second Round match up against North Carolina (3/18), finishing 3-for-7 from 3-point range to finish with 14 points on the night.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Got off to a strong start as a sophomore but saw his season derailed by a mid-season injury … played in 22 games, making 18 starts, while averaging 29.6 minutes per contest … averaged 12.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per contests while shooting 39.8 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from 3-point range … also contributed 75 assists (3.4 per game), 21 blocked shots and 12 steals … filled out stat sheet in first game of the season against Northwestern State (11/11) by producing seven points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block in 25 minutes of floor time ... pulled down a game-high nine rebounds against American (11/14) to go along with 12 points, four assists, two steals and a block ... tallied 17 points on five 3-pointers against Southern Cal (11/18) ... averaged nearly 17 points per game at the Wooded Legacy in Los Angeles, posted a season-high 25 points in the first round game against CSUN (11/24), then recording first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Virginia Tech (11/25) in the event’s semifinals ... set season high with nine assists against A&M-Corpus Christi (12/5) … also finished with seven points, three blocks, three rebounds and a steal against the Islanders in 33 minutes of action ... scored 15 points against SC State (12/10), on 6-for-11 shooting including a trio of 3-point baskets ... knocked down five 3-pointers vs. Saint Francis (12/21) while tying his personal best of three blocked shots ... reached 20-point mark for the third time in his career by scoring 21 points against Tennessee (12/29) ... matched season high with 25 points at South Carolina (1/7), making seven 3-point baskets against the Gamecocks on just nine attempts to fall only one bucket short of the school record for long-range baskets in a single game … tallied 13 points in a season-high 39 minutes at Mississippi State (1/14) ... scored in double figures for the 20th time in his career, ending play with 16 points on 6-of-19 shooting against Georgia (1/21) … suffered a foot injury against the Bulldogs that would plague him the remainder of the season … missed the Aggies’ two contests following the UGA game before returning to the court for four more contests before ultimately being ruled out for the remainder of the season in early February.
2015-16 (Freshman)
Put together a solid debut season in Aggieland, earning SEC All-Freshman recognition from the league’s coaches … played in all 37 games, drawing three starting assignments and averaging 18.2 minutes per outing … scored 230 points to average 6.2 points per contest while totaling 106 rebounds (2.9 per game), 35 assists, 20 steals and five blocked shots … shot 38.2 percent from the field with a 33.1 percent clip from 3-point range (46-of-139) and a 64.7 shooting percentage from the free throw line … prior to the season, selected to the watch list for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award ... opened the campaign with a season-best 20-point effort against USC Upstate (11/13), making a season-high five 3-point baskets ... scored 11 points against Southeastern Louisiana (11/16), making three 3-pointers and a pair of free throws ... was perfect from the field in A&M's upset win over No. 10 Gonzaga (11/26) at the Battle4Atlantis, going 3-for-3 from the floor including a 3-pointer ... made first career start against FGCU (12/2), finishing with three points, two steals, one rebound and an assist in 15 minutes of action ... made second career start at Mississippi State (1/6), playing a season-high 32 minutes and falling just short of his first career double-double by finishing with 11 points and nine rebounds ... scored 10 points in three consecutive Aggie wins against Ole Miss (2/16), Kentucky (2/20) and Mississippi State (2/24) … finished 4-for-8 from the field and 2-for-5 from 3-point range in the win over UK ... scored nine points in NCAA opening-round victory over Green Bay (3/18), playing 22 minutes and shooting 3-for-8 from the floor while grabbing seven rebounds.
Before A&M
Highly-regarded prospect, was a consensus four-star recruit and rated as the No. 2 player in the state of Texas by 247 Sports as well as the sixth-best shooting guard prospect by ESPN ... member of the ESPN Top 100 (No. 35 overall) ... played three seasons at Plano West High School for head coach Anthony Morgan ... honored as TABC First Team All-State following his senior season, during which averaged 17.6 points and 5.3 rebounds while guiding the Wolves to the 2015 Texas Class 6A State Championship ... etched his name in Texas high school basketball history during Plano West’s championship-clinching victory over Clear Lake by putting together a 22-point performance that was punctuated by the game-winning 3-pointer in the game’s final seconds ... finished with 101 assists, 62 blocks and 35 steals during his final prep season while shooting 48 percent from the field and 74 percent from the free throw line ... earned all-state accolades as a junior after averaging 20.1 points and 7.7 boards per contest while shooting just under 40 percent from beyond the 3-point arc ... as a sophomore averaged 16.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per outing ... during his 95 game varsity career at Plano West, Hogg compiled a 17.9 point-per-game scoring average while totaling 639 rebounds (6.7 per game), 250 assists (2.6 per game), 192 blocks (2.0 per game) and 123 steals (1.3 per game) ... enjoyed a standout career against AAU competition with the Texas Titans.
Personal
Dennis Hogg, Jr., was born in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 3, 1996, to parents Dennis and Sherry Hogg ... has a brother, Darren, and two sisters, Heather and Hannah ... majoring in sport management ... enjoys listening to Drake, bowling and fishing in his spare time ... chose Texas A&M over Arizona, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas and UCLA among others.
• 2017-18 – Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award Watch List
• 2015-16 – SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
2017-18 (Junior)
Played in 32 games during his junior campaign, drawing 31 starts and averaging 30.9 minutes per outing … ranked third on the team with a 11.1 point-per-game average while shooting 41.0 percent from the floor (119-of-290) and 37.8 percent from beyond 3-point range (65-of-172) … converted at a 71.8 percent from the free throw line (51-of-71) … also averaged 5.3 rebounds per contest while compiling 84 assists, 27 blocks and 27 steals … reached double-digit scoring in 19-of-32 games while producing two double-doubles on the season … poured in 19 points in 30 minutes off the bench against No. 11 West Virginia (11/10) during the season-opening Armed Forces Classic at Ramstein Air Base in Germany … finished 4-of-6 from the 3-point line while adding seven rebounds and six assists against the Mountaineers ... fell one point shy of career high in home-opener against UCSB (11/17), finishing with 24 points on 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc while chipping in six rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal in 31 minutes of action … stayed hot from the floor in 34 minutes during Legends Classic semifinal against Oklahoma State (11/20), shooting 4-of-7 from beyond the 3-point line to finish with 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a steal ... matched career-high with 39 minutes played in Legends Classic championship game against Penn State (11/21), scoring seven points, grabbing seven rebounds and dishing four assists against the Nittany Lions ... remained one of the hottest shooters in the country, finishing 4-of-9 from beyond the 3-point line against Pepperdine (11/24) … scored 18 points to go along with nine rebounds, three blocks, two assists and a steal in 32 minutes of action against the Waves ... flirted with a double-double (15 points / eight rebounds) in road win at No. 10 USC (11/26), adding four assists, three steals and a block against the Trojans ... continued his torrid scoring pace by dropping 17 points on UTRGV (11/30), recorded his second career double-double with 10 boards ... matched season-high five made 3-pointers to finish with 18 points against Savannah State (12/13) ... missed the Buffalo (12/21), Alabama (12/30) and Florida (1/2) contests while serving a three-game suspension for a violation of Texas A&M policy … set a career-high with five blocks at LSU (1/23), the five swats were the second most by an Aggie this season ... knocked down 3-of-6 shots from behind the arc in the win over Arkansas (1/30) ... dished out a season-best seven in a road win over No. 8 Auburn (2/7) ... hit 4-of-7 from behind the arc in a 16-point game against No. 24 Kentucky (2/10) ... put together a solid performance during the NCAA Second Round match up against North Carolina (3/18), finishing 3-for-7 from 3-point range to finish with 14 points on the night.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Got off to a strong start as a sophomore but saw his season derailed by a mid-season injury … played in 22 games, making 18 starts, while averaging 29.6 minutes per contest … averaged 12.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per contests while shooting 39.8 percent from the field and 36.7 percent from 3-point range … also contributed 75 assists (3.4 per game), 21 blocked shots and 12 steals … filled out stat sheet in first game of the season against Northwestern State (11/11) by producing seven points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block in 25 minutes of floor time ... pulled down a game-high nine rebounds against American (11/14) to go along with 12 points, four assists, two steals and a block ... tallied 17 points on five 3-pointers against Southern Cal (11/18) ... averaged nearly 17 points per game at the Wooded Legacy in Los Angeles, posted a season-high 25 points in the first round game against CSUN (11/24), then recording first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds against Virginia Tech (11/25) in the event’s semifinals ... set season high with nine assists against A&M-Corpus Christi (12/5) … also finished with seven points, three blocks, three rebounds and a steal against the Islanders in 33 minutes of action ... scored 15 points against SC State (12/10), on 6-for-11 shooting including a trio of 3-point baskets ... knocked down five 3-pointers vs. Saint Francis (12/21) while tying his personal best of three blocked shots ... reached 20-point mark for the third time in his career by scoring 21 points against Tennessee (12/29) ... matched season high with 25 points at South Carolina (1/7), making seven 3-point baskets against the Gamecocks on just nine attempts to fall only one bucket short of the school record for long-range baskets in a single game … tallied 13 points in a season-high 39 minutes at Mississippi State (1/14) ... scored in double figures for the 20th time in his career, ending play with 16 points on 6-of-19 shooting against Georgia (1/21) … suffered a foot injury against the Bulldogs that would plague him the remainder of the season … missed the Aggies’ two contests following the UGA game before returning to the court for four more contests before ultimately being ruled out for the remainder of the season in early February.
2015-16 (Freshman)
Put together a solid debut season in Aggieland, earning SEC All-Freshman recognition from the league’s coaches … played in all 37 games, drawing three starting assignments and averaging 18.2 minutes per outing … scored 230 points to average 6.2 points per contest while totaling 106 rebounds (2.9 per game), 35 assists, 20 steals and five blocked shots … shot 38.2 percent from the field with a 33.1 percent clip from 3-point range (46-of-139) and a 64.7 shooting percentage from the free throw line … prior to the season, selected to the watch list for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award ... opened the campaign with a season-best 20-point effort against USC Upstate (11/13), making a season-high five 3-point baskets ... scored 11 points against Southeastern Louisiana (11/16), making three 3-pointers and a pair of free throws ... was perfect from the field in A&M's upset win over No. 10 Gonzaga (11/26) at the Battle4Atlantis, going 3-for-3 from the floor including a 3-pointer ... made first career start against FGCU (12/2), finishing with three points, two steals, one rebound and an assist in 15 minutes of action ... made second career start at Mississippi State (1/6), playing a season-high 32 minutes and falling just short of his first career double-double by finishing with 11 points and nine rebounds ... scored 10 points in three consecutive Aggie wins against Ole Miss (2/16), Kentucky (2/20) and Mississippi State (2/24) … finished 4-for-8 from the field and 2-for-5 from 3-point range in the win over UK ... scored nine points in NCAA opening-round victory over Green Bay (3/18), playing 22 minutes and shooting 3-for-8 from the floor while grabbing seven rebounds.
Before A&M
Highly-regarded prospect, was a consensus four-star recruit and rated as the No. 2 player in the state of Texas by 247 Sports as well as the sixth-best shooting guard prospect by ESPN ... member of the ESPN Top 100 (No. 35 overall) ... played three seasons at Plano West High School for head coach Anthony Morgan ... honored as TABC First Team All-State following his senior season, during which averaged 17.6 points and 5.3 rebounds while guiding the Wolves to the 2015 Texas Class 6A State Championship ... etched his name in Texas high school basketball history during Plano West’s championship-clinching victory over Clear Lake by putting together a 22-point performance that was punctuated by the game-winning 3-pointer in the game’s final seconds ... finished with 101 assists, 62 blocks and 35 steals during his final prep season while shooting 48 percent from the field and 74 percent from the free throw line ... earned all-state accolades as a junior after averaging 20.1 points and 7.7 boards per contest while shooting just under 40 percent from beyond the 3-point arc ... as a sophomore averaged 16.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per outing ... during his 95 game varsity career at Plano West, Hogg compiled a 17.9 point-per-game scoring average while totaling 639 rebounds (6.7 per game), 250 assists (2.6 per game), 192 blocks (2.0 per game) and 123 steals (1.3 per game) ... enjoyed a standout career against AAU competition with the Texas Titans.
Personal
Dennis Hogg, Jr., was born in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 3, 1996, to parents Dennis and Sherry Hogg ... has a brother, Darren, and two sisters, Heather and Hannah ... majoring in sport management ... enjoys listening to Drake, bowling and fishing in his spare time ... chose Texas A&M over Arizona, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Texas and UCLA among others.
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