Rodrigo Rogers
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| Pittsburgh Panthers No. 24 | |
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| Position | RB |
| Class | Freshman |
| Major | Communications |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Bishop Miege High School, Shawnee Mission, KS |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | September 7, 1995 |
| Place of birth | Shawnee Mission, KS |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 204 lb (93 kg) |
Rodrigo Rogers is a football runningback for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team.
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High school career
Rogers was a standout runningback at Bishop Miege. He played at a rival school to Pitt's current starting center Douglas Frazier.
Recruitment
Rogers was ranked as the #56 overall prospect by BLUEchip rankings, and the third overall runningback. Rogers received offers from Pitt, Baylor, Notre Dame, and Clemson, but ultimately accepted Pitt's offer.
College career
2015 Season
Rogers was not redshirted in his freshman year, but started the season #2 on the depth chart behind Robert Lewis. Rogers did not get much playing time until the coaches grew frustrated with a Lewis fumble. Rogers started the next three games, but was ineffective, and was benched for Lewis. Rogers played some slot receiver to end the year, but ultimately did not have a great year for Pitt.
2016 Season
Rogers was redshirted for 2016 in order to give Lewis his senior year to start.
Statistics
| Season | Team | GP | Rushes | Yards | Avg | TD | FUM |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 49 | 175 | 3.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | REDSHIRTED | |||||
| Career | Pittsburgh | 3 | 49 | 175 | 3.57 | 1 | 0 |
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