Jacquizz Rodgers

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Jacquizz Rodgers

Rodgers during 2009 fall camp at Oregon State

No. 32 Atlanta Falcons

Running back / Kickoff returner

Personal information

Date of birth: February 7, 1990

Place of birth: Richmond, Texas

Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Weight: 196 lb (89 kg)

Career information

High school: Rosenberg (TX) Lamar Consolidated

College: Oregon State

NFL Draft: 2011 / Round: 5 / Pick: 145

Debuted in 2011 for the Atlanta Falcons

Career history

Atlanta Falcons (2011–present)

Roster status: Active

Career highlights and awards

2008 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year
AP First Team All-American (2010)
AP Third Team All-American (2008, 2009)
First Team All-Pac-10 (2008, 2009, 2010)

Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2013

Rushing yards	859
Rushing average	3.7
Rushing TDs	4
Receiving yards	859
Receiving average	7.5
Receiving TDs	4
Stats at NFL.com

Jacquizz "Quizz"^[1] Rodgers (born February 7, 1990) is an American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons. Rodgers played for the Oregon State Beavers. During his freshman year, Rodgers was named the 2008 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. Rodgers was selected as the 145th pick in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons.

High school career

Rodgers broke out big in his sophomore season at Lamar Consolidated High School with 2,278 rushing yards and 34 touchdowns averaging 9.4 yards per carry. In his junior season, he improved with 2,592 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns. As a senior, Rodgers led the Mustangs to the 2007 4A Division 1 State Football Championship. In the title game, Rodgers rushed for 233 yards and 3 touchdowns on 31 carries, blocked a PAT, recovered a fumble, and had six tackles on defense as the Mustangs won the state title over a Robert Griffin III-led Copperas Cove, 20-14. Rodgers finished his senior season with 2,890 rushing yards and 37 touchdowns, as well as 556 yards receiving and 5 touchdowns. Post season honors following his senior season included being named the 4A Region III Offensive Player of the Year, first team all-conference running back and defensive back, second team all-conference receiver, second team all-state defensive back, and fourth team all-state running back. He was also named the Built Ford Tough Texas High School Football Player of the Year in Class 4A.

In total, Rodgers amassed 8,246 rushing yards in his stellar high school career. He set the Texas state record for total touchdowns with 135 touchdowns in four years as a varsity player.^[2]^[3]

College career

Rodgers, who received offers from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Vanderbilt, Oregon, USC, Houston, Baylor, and Tennessee decided to join his older brother James and enroll at Oregon State.^[4] Rodgers started out the season second on the depth chart but quickly took over as the starter. Most notably his greatest game in his young college football career came in a stunning upset of the then #1 ranked team in the country, the USC Trojans, when he had 36 carries for 186 yards and two touchdowns.

Rodgers broke the Pac-10 freshman rushing record during Oregon State's 34-6 victory over UCLA on November 8, 2008.^[5] At the end of the season he was unable to play in the Civil War against archrival Oregon due to injury and was beat out by California's Jahvid Best as the 2008 Pac-10 Rushing Leader. He also missed the 2008 Sun Bowl. Rodgers finished the season with 1,253 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns.

In 2009, Rodgers scored 23 total touchdowns, including 1 passing and 1 receiving. He finished the season with over 1,400 yards rushing and 500 yards receiving. After a 38-28 victory over Stanford, Rodgers recorded 271 total yards and 4 touchdowns, Rodgers was named Rivals.com Player of the Week and Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week.^[6] In the 2009 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, Rodgers was thrown a backwards lateral, which resulted in the first fumble of his collegiate career. The Beavers lost that game to the BYU Cougars in disappointing fashion.

College Stats

Year	Team	Att	Yards	Average	TDs	Receptions	Yards	TDs
2008	Oregon State	259	1,253	4.8	11	29	247	1
2009	Oregon State	273	1,440	5.3	21	78	522	1
2010	Oregon State	256	1,184	4.6	14	44	287	3
College Totals		788	3,877	4.9	46	151	1,056	5

Professional career

2011 NFL Combine

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
5 ft 6 in	188 lb	4.29 s	1.58 s	2.58 s	4.26 s	7.31 s	34 in	9 ft 8 in	13 reps
All values from NFL Combine.^[7]

2011 NFL Draft

On January 10, 2011, Rodgers announced that he would enter the 2011 NFL Draft and forgo his final year of eligibility.^[8] Rodgers was originally listed as the number five running back prospect entering the draft by NFL Network's draft specialist, Mike Mayock. He measured in slightly taller at 5 feet 6 and 3/4 inches.^[9]

Atlanta Falcons

Rodgers was drafted with the 145th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He was signed by the Falcons on July 28.^[10]

Rodgers scored his first touchdown on a reception in 2011 against the Carolina Panthers. In week 17, Rodgers scored his first career rushing touchdown against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Awards and honors

Named Rivals.com Player of the Week (vs. Stanford)
Named Pac-10 offensive player of the week for the week of October 10, 2009^[11]
2008 First Team All-Pac-10
2009 First Team All-Pac-10
2010 First Team All-Pac-10
2008 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year
2008 AP Third Team All-American
2009 AP Third Team All-American
2010 AP First Team All-American

Personal

Rodgers is the nephew of St. Louis Rams safety Michael Lewis.^[12] His older brother James Rodgers is a wide receiver on the Falcons practice squad.

References

↑ "Jacquizz Rodgers NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
↑ "Jacquizz Rodgers". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
↑ However, Dave Campbell's Texas Football lists Rodgers as having 136 touchdowns. In either case, Rodgers holds the state record for most touchdowns.
↑ "Jacquizz Rodgers". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
↑ "Oregon State beats UCLA 34-6". Rivals.com.
↑ Buker, Pauk (October 12, 2009). "This time, it's Jacquizz Rodgers who gets Pac-10 Offensive Player of Week honors". OregonLive.com. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
↑ "Christine Michael, DS #7 RB, Texas A&M". NFL Draft Scout Player Profiles. NFLDraftScout.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
↑ "Jacquizz Rodgers Declares for NFL Draft". OSUBeavers.com. January 10, 2011.
↑ "Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State, NFL Draft". CBS Sports.
↑ Ledbetter, D. Orlando (July 28, 2011). "Falcons sign Clabo, Jones and Rodgers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
↑ "Masoli, Mohamed and Costa Named Pac-10 Football Players of the Week". Pac-10.org. November 23, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
↑ "Jacquizz Rodgers". Official Site of Oregon State Athletics. Retrieved 2008-11-09.

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v t e Pac-12 Player of the Year winners

Player of the Year	1975 Muncie 1976 Bell 1977 Benjamin 1978 White 1979 White 1980 Elway 1981 Allen 1982 Elway and Ramsey

Offensive PotY	1983 Pelluer 1984 Mayes 1985 Mayes 1986 Muster 1987 Aikman 1988 Peete 1989 Broussard 1990 Lewis 1991 Pawlawski and M. Bailey 1992 Bledsoe 1993 Stokes 1994 Kaufman 1995 K. Johnson 1996 Plummer 1997 Leaf 1998 McNown and Smith 1999 Walters 2000 Tuiasosopo 2001 Harrington 2002 Gesser and Palmer 2003 Leinart 2004 Bush and Leinart 2005 Bush 2006 Lynch 2007 Dixon 2008 Rodgers 2009 Gerhart 2010 Luck 2011 Luck 2012 Lee 2013 Carey

Pat Tillman Defensive PotY	1983 Hunley and Rivera 1984 Bickett 1985 Walen 1986 Evans 1987 Cecil 1988 Wells 1989 Seau 1990 Emtman and Lewis 1991 Emtman 1992 Hoffmann 1993 Waldrop 1994 Fields 1995 Bruschi 1996 Chorak 1997 Tillman 1998 Claiborne 1999 O'Neal 2000 Archuleta 2001 Thomas 2002 Suggs 2003 Ball 2004 Cody and Swancutt 2005 Ngata and Robinson 2006 Hughes 2007 Ellis 2008 Maualuga 2009 Price 2010 Paea 2011 Kendricks 2012 Sutton 2013 Sutton

Freshman PotY	1999 Kelly 2000 Suggs 2001 T. Johnson and R. Williams 2002 M. Williams 2003 Browner 2004 Miller 2005 Perry and Thomas 2006 Byrd, Mays and Verner 2007 Locker 2008 Rodgers

Freshman Offensive PotY	2009 James 2010 Woods 2011 Thomas and Lee 2012 Mariota 2013 Jack

Freshman Defensive PotY	2009 Burfict 2010 Onyeali 2011 D. Bailey 2012 L. Williams 2013 Jack

v t e Atlanta Falcons 2011 NFL Draft selections

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Persondata
Name	Rodgers, Jacquizz
Alternative names
Short description	Player of American football
Date of birth	February 7, 1990
Place of birth	Richmond, Texas, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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