Mike Rozier
Rozier (right) playing for the Houston Oilers in 1987
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 1, 1961 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Camden, New Jersey | ||||||||
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| High school: | Camden (NJ) Woodrow Wilson | ||||||||
| College: | Nebraska | ||||||||
| Supplemental draft: | 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players / Round: 1 | ||||||||
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| Rushing Yards: | 4,462 |
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| Average: | 3.8 |
| Touchdowns: | 30 |
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Michael T. Rozier (born March 1, 1961) is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the United States Football League (USFL) for two seasons and the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s. Rozier played college football for the University of Nebraska, and won the Heisman Trophy in 1983. Afterward, he played professionally for the Pittsburgh Maulers and Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL and the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Rozier was born in Camden, New Jersey. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, where he was a standout high school football player. Today, the football field bears his name.
Rozier went largely unnoticed by most of the major college programs. His recruitment to Nebraska was a complete accident. Former Nebraska head coach Frank Solich, at the time an assistant to head coach Tom Osborne, had been a keen observer of high school game films. While watching film of Pennsauken's game against nearby Woodrow Wilson High School, one player on the opposing team (Rozier) continually caught Solich's eye.
Rozier spent his freshman season at Coffeyville Junior College in Kansas, in order to get his grades up. In his one season with the Coffeyville Ravens, he led them to a 9-0 season, gaining 1157 yards with a gaudy 7.4 yards-per-carry average, and scored ten touchdowns.
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