Mike Hass
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| Chicago Bears — No. 83 | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: January 2, 1983 | |
| Place of birth: Portland, Oregon | |
| Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Weight: 206 lb (93 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2007 for the Chicago Bears | |
| Career history | |
| College: Oregon State | |
| NFL Draft: 2006 / Round: 6 / Pick: 171 | |
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| Stats at NFL.com | |
Mike Hass (born January 2, 1983 in Portland, Oregon) is an American wide receiver. He currently plays for the NFL's Chicago Bears.
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[edit] College career
Hass was a starting wide receiver for Oregon State University from 2003-2005. Although Hass was an outstanding player in high school, most college scouts felt his limited size and speed would prevent him from excelling at the collegiate level, Hass was not offered a football scholarship by any NCAA Division I schools, and ended up as a walk-on at Oregon State. After playing mostly on special teams in 2002, Hass was awarded a scholarship and a starting role as he broke out with the first of three consecutive 1,000+ receiving yard seasons in 2003. He continued his torrid pace in 2004, breaking more school and conference records on his way to being named a third-team NCAA All-American.
In 2005, his senior season, he won the Fred Biletnikoff Award and was named an AP and ESPN First-team All-American. Hass was invited to the 81st annual East-West Shrine Game catching 4 passes for 107 yards, including the game-winning touchdown for the West.
[edit] Professional career
At the 2006 NFL Combine, Hass (unofficially) ran an 4.61 second 40-yard dash, a relatively slow time for a wide receiver, but was reportedly very impressive during the catching drills.
Although some pre-draft analysis had Hass projected as a third or fourth round pick, Hass was selected in the 6th round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the New Orleans Saints, as the 171st overall pick. It was reported by Oregonian writers Jim Beseda & Paul Bucker that Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush played a part in the selection, putting in a good word for Hass with the Saints' executives. It was also reported that Bush had requested for Hass to be his roommate at rookie camp, but Hass ended up rooming with cornerback Josh Lay instead.
[edit] New Orleans Saints
Hass wore jersey #18 with the Saints, a change from the #28 he wore in college due to the NFL's positional jersey numbering rules (wide receivers can only wear numbers in the 80s or from 10-19.) On July 27th, 2006 Hass signed a 3-year deal with the New Orleans Saints, details were undisclosed. He had 3 catches for 28 yards in his first preseason game on August 12 against the Tennessee Titans. The Saints released Hass on September 3, 2006.
[edit] Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears signed Hass onto their practice roster on September 4, 2006.[1] He remained on the practice squad throughout the season, until the team actual signed him onto their roster on February 8, 2007.[1] He trained with the team throughout all their off-season programs, and emerged as stand-out among other auditioning wide receivers.[1] During the preseason's finale, he impressed spectators, commentators, and coaches by making a leaping touchdown catch.[2] He finally earned a role on the Bears’ fifty-three man starting roster as the team's sixth wide receiver on September 1, 2007.[3]
[edit] Rap song
Hass also holds the distinction of being the only college football player to ever have a professionally made rap song about him. KFXX 1080 "The Fan"'s "Sports Saturday" co-host Gavin Dawson and producer Jason Peterson wrote the lyrics to the song, entitled "Pac-10, Mike Hass", and sent them to United Stations in New York. United Stations hired artists to perform the song, remixing it to the song "Back Then" by rapper Mike Jones. This caused a brief controversy concerning Hass' NCAA elegibility, and Glasgow had to take it off the air and their website after Oregon State's compliance director called, saying that the song could be in violation of NCAA rules. Glasgow stated that there was no marketing or profit being made from the song, and after OSU conferred with the NCAA, they allowed the station to put it back on the air.
[edit] Highlights and records
[edit] High school
Hass played on the varsity football team as a wide receiver and defensive back at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon for three years. He helped lead the team to an OSAA 4A State Championship in 2000 over North Medford High School as a senior, recording 79 receptions for 1,739 yards and 21 touchdowns his final year. Despite those gaudy statistics, he was not offered a single division 1A scholarship and elected to walk-on at Oregon State. He capped the championship game with an interception returned for a touchdown. In the Semi-Finals against co-#1 team and rival Central Catholic, Hass had 7 touchdowns in that single game. Hass was on the 1st Team All-State Offense and Defense, 1st Team All-Metro Offense and Defense, and was the OSAA Football Offensive Player of the Year in 2000.
[edit] College
Despite only playing three seasons, Hass currently holds many Oregon State records, as well as several Pac-10 records. Some of these include:
- Became the first receiver in Oregon State and Pac-10 history to have three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, and is only the 10th player in NCAA history to do so
- Holds the Oregon State record and is 3rd in the Pac-10 for receiving yards in a career with 3,924
- Only player in Oregon State & Pac-10 history with two 225-plus yards receiving games
- His 293 receiving yards against Boise State in the 2004 season is an Oregon State & Pac-10 record for most receiving yards in a single game
- His 14 receptions against Arizona State in 2004 is an Oregon State record for most receptions in a game
- His 20 receiving touchdowns ties him for the Oregon State record for receiving touchdowns in a career
- His 90 receptions in the 2005 season is an Oregon State record for most receptions in a single season
- His 220 receptions in his college career is an Oregon State record for most receptions in a career
- His 1,532 receiving yards in the 2005 season is an Oregon State & Pac-10 record for most receiving yards in a single season
Many have speculated that had Hass played as a freshman, he would have had a chance at breaking the NCAA records for career receptions and receiving yards. He ended his three-year Beaver career 80 receptions and 1,081 yards short of the existing records.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Hayes, Niel, Hass may be caught in a numbers game (August 4, 2007), Chicago Sun-Times, Retrieved on September 1, 2007.
- ^ Mayer, Larry, Harris' return highlights preseason finale (August 30, 2007), chicagobears.com, Retrieved on September 1, 2007.
- ^ Mayer, Larry, Bears place Bazuin on IR, cut 19 to reach roster limit (September 1, 2007), chicagobears.com, Retrieved on September 1, 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ From walk-on to wonder: Hass puts up impressive numbers for Oregon State
- ^ Mike Hass Scores Game Winning Touchdown at East-West Shrine Game
- ^ 40-yard time not of Hass' essence
- ^ Ngata: the best Duck ever?
- ^ Popular Hass song attracts controversy
- ^ Mike Hass Drafted by New Orleans
- ^ Reggie Bush: "Hey, roomie!"
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