Charles Rogers (American football)
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| Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 23, 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Saginaw, Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Saginaw (MI) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Michigan State | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Games played: | 15 |
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| Games started: | 9 |
| Receptions: | 36 |
| Receiving yards: | 440 |
| Touchdowns: | 4 |
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Charles Rogers (born May 23, 1981) is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, earned unanimous All-America honors, and was recognized as the outstanding college wide receiver in the country. The Detroit Lions selected him with the second overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, but he was out of the league after only three years due to injuries and off-field issues. Rogers is considered one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history.
Rogers was born in Saginaw, Michigan. He graduated from Saginaw High School, and was a letterman in high school football, basketball, and track for the Saginaw Trojans. In football, he was a three-time all-state honoree and a five-star recruit.
While attending Michigan State University, joined by his best friend from high school, Bill Missant, Rogers played for the Michigan State Spartans football team from 2000 to 2002. He broke numerous receiving records. Rogers still holds the school records for most touchdowns in a career with 27, breaking the record held by former Spartans wide receiver Kirk Gibson, and the school record for most receiving yards in a single game with 270. He broke Randy Moss's NCAA record of 13 consecutive games with a touchdown catch. During his 2002 junior season, he had 68 receptions for 1,351 yards and 13 touchdowns, won the Fred Biletnikoff Award and Paul Warfield Trophy as the best college wide receiver in the nation, and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American. His stock went up dramatically in his junior year when, in a game against Notre Dame, he outjumped two defenders to catch a Jeff Smoker pass in the back of the end zone, then managed to keep his left foot in bounds to score a touchdown.
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