Richard Rodgers (American football)

Richard Rodgers

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Rodgers in 2014
No. 82 Green Bay Packers
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-01-22) January 22, 1992
Place of birth: Martinez, California
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 257 lb (117 kg)
Career information
High school: Shrewsbury (MA) St. John's
College: California
NFL Draft: 2014 / Round: 3 / Pick: 98
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2016
Receptions: 101
Receiving yards: 938
Receiving touchdowns: 11
Player stats at NFL.com

Richard Christopher Rodgers II (born January 22, 1992) is an American football tight end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at California. Rodgers was drafted by the Packers in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

Early life

Rodgers was born in California and grew up in California, Oregon, and New Mexico before moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 2004.[1] He attended St. John's High School in Shrewsbury. At St. John's he was a four-time letterman in basketball and three-time letterman in football for the Pioneers. While on the basketball team, he led the Pioneers to the state championship game all four years, including a win in 2009. As a senior, Rodgers averaged 17.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.5 blocks, 4.1 steals and 3.4 assists playing basketball. Rodgers was named to the starting five on ESPNBoston's MIAA All-State Boys Basketball Team along with other talented players from Massachusetts such as seniors Pat Connaughton and Jake Layman as well.[2] He is one of 14 athletes in Saint John's history to be a member of the 1000 Point Scorers List, with 1423 points.[3] In football, he helped lead the Pioneers to central Massachusetts super bowl championship wins his last two years.[4] Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Rob Blanchflower was a teammate of Rodgers in football and basketball at St. John's.

Prior to the start of his senior year, he committed to attend California, where his father, who also played football, handled two of the five laterals in "The Play".[5]

College career

Rodgers played in 35 of 37 possible games (starting 11) for the California Golden Bears during three seasons from 2011-13. He had 20 catches for 288 yards as a 2012 sophomore and had his best season as a 2013 junior when he totaled career highs of 39 receptions and 608 yards receiving to rank third on the team in both categories. He finished his career at Cal with 59 receptions for 896 yards receiving (15.2 yards per catch) and two touchdown catches.[6]

Professional career

External video
Rodgers' NFL Combine workout
Pre-draft measurables
Ht WtArm lengthHand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 4 in 257 lb 32 5⁄8 in 10 1⁄8 in 4.87 s 1.69 s 2.82 s 4.47 s 7.23 s 31.5 in 9 ft 8 in 16 reps
All values are from NFL Combine[7][8]

Rodgers was selected in the third round (98th overall) by the Green Bay Packers in the 2014 NFL Draft.[9] On June 12, 2014, he signed a contract with the Packers.[10] He made his NFL debut on September 4, 2014. He did not record a catch. In week 4, he recorded his first two catches for 52 yards against the Chicago Bears. Rodgers' first NFL touchdown came in the second quarter of the Packers' November 23, 2014 matchup versus the Minnesota Vikings at TCF Bank Stadium. After rolling out far to his right, quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed a 1-yard touchdown pass across the width of the field to Rodgers, who had completely avoided defensive coverage and was left standing alone in the corner of the endzone.[11]

On December 3, 2015, in a week 13 matchup against the Detroit Lions, Richard Rodgers caught a Hail Mary pass from Aaron Rodgers for 61 yards with 0:00 left to beat the Lions 27-23, after the game was extended due to a facemask penalty called on Detroit.[12] The Hail Mary was quickly dubbed as "The Miracle in Motown." After the game Richard Rodgers II admitted thinking about The Play his father was part of stating "It's a really special moment for him and I was kind of thinking on the play before, when Aaron got the facemask, I was kind of thinking we would do something like that. Obviously it turned out differently." [13]

Statistics

Source: NFL.com

Year Team G GS Receiving Rushing Fumbles
Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Att Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
Regular season
2014 GB 16 5 20 225 11.3 43 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
2015 GB 16 12 58 510 8.8 61 8 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0
Total 32 17 78 735 9.4 61 10 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0
Postseason
2014 GB 2 0 5 48 9.6 13 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
2015 GB 2 2 7 56 8.0 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 2 12 104 8.7 15 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

References

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