Jacob Rogers

For the American railroad executive, seeJacob S. Rogers.

Jacob Rogers

No. 79
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born:	(1981-08-17)August 17, 1981 Oxnard, California,U.S.
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school:	Oxnard (CA)
College:	USC
NFL draft:	2004/ Round: 2 / Pick: 52
Career history
Dallas Cowboys(2004–2005) Denver Broncos(2007)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Morris Trophy(2003) ConsensusAll-American(2003) 2× First-teamAll-Pac-10(2002,2003)
Career NFL statistics
Games Played: 2
Player stats atPFR

Jacob Dwight Rogers(born August 17, 1981) is a formerAmerican footballoffensive tacklein theNational Football League(NFL) for theDallas Cowboys.He playedcollege footballat theUniversity of Southern California.

Early life

Rogers was born inOxnard, California.He attendedOxnard High School,where he started as aquarterback,before switching totight endas a sophomore. He also playeddefensive end,linebackerandpunter.As a junior, he caught 17 passes for 201 yards and 5touchdowns.

As a seniortight end,he finished with 39 receptions for 412 yards (10.6 average yards) and 4touchdowns,despite missing the last 4 games with a separated shoulder. He also receivedSuper PrepAll-Americanand All-far west honors. He averaged 10 rebounds a game as a senior for thebasketballteam.

College career

Rogers accepted a football scholarship from theUniversity of Southern California,where he played for head coachPete Carroll'sUSC Trojans footballteam from 2000 to 2003.

As a true freshman, he missed most of the season due to a dislocated left shoulder. The next year, he came back as aredshirtfreshman and was converted into anoffensive tackle,playing behindleft tackleBrent McCaffrey. He needed off-season surgery to repair a dislocated right shoulder.

As a sophomore, although he missed spring practice while rehabbing his shoulder, he earned the startingleft tacklejob. As a senior in 2003, he was one of the nation's topoffensive tackles,theMorris Trophywinner, a first-teamAll-Pac-10selection and a consensus first-teamAll-American.He was a starter in the2003 Orange Bowland the2004 Rose Bowl,blocking forCarson PalmerandMatt Leinart.

Professional career

Dallas Cowboys

Rogers was selected by theDallas Cowboysin the second round (52nd overall) of the2004 NFL Draft,after dropping because of his injury history.As a rookie, he was moved toright tackle,but couldn't win the starting position over formerundrafted free agentsKurt VollersandTorrin Tucker.He dressed but did not participate in six games, playing in only 2 games forspecial teamspurposes. On January 11,2005,he had shoulder surgery.

On August 9,2005,he suffered a shoulder injury a day after being named the starter atright tackle.On August 13,2005,he sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and although the team felt he could still play the season with the injury (Mark Tuineihad a similar situation), Rogers decided to havemicrofracture surgeryand be put on theinjured reserve list.This disagreement did not sit well with the Cowboys, who made him rehab outside of the team's training facilities and eventually waived him on March 17,2006.

Denver Broncos

After a year out offootball,he signed with theDenver Broncosas afree agenton January 2,2007.Rogers was practicing with the first team atright tacklethroughout training camp, until suffering another left knee injury. On August 21, he was waived before the season started.

Personal life

Rogers began coaching at theUniversity of Mississippiin 2007, and also coached atCentral Connecticut State Universityin 2008 and 2009.He currently works in a family business inVentura, California.

External links

• Where are they now - Jacob Rogers