[2] Following one year spent as a pole vaulter at Clackamas Community College, he walked-on at Eastern Washington University.
Although he only had 13 receptions going into his senior year, he would start 14 games at wide receiver for the 1997 football team that compiled a 12-2 record, won the Big Sky Conference title and advanced to the semifinals of the Division I-AA playoffs.
Ogden got to practice with Cowboy legends including Deion Sanders, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, and Emmit Smith.
In 2000, he was allocated to the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe, where he ranked fifth in the league with 44 receptions for 635 yards, despite missing the last two games with a sprained right foot.
[6] He returned to the Cowboys with the sprained foot and later injured the left one, which caused him to miss most of training camp.
[7] On August 22, he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a seventh round draft choice, which the team later used to select Pete Hunter.
[8] In 2000, he reunited with offensive coordinator Chan Gailey, who was his head coach with the Dallas Cowboys and also found a niche as a returner.
[9] He also finished the season with a league leading and franchise single-season record 17-yard punt return average.
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