Charlie Rogers

John Edward "Charlie" Rogers (born June 19, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a running back and wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Seattle Seahawks (1999–2001), the Houston Texans (2002), the Buffalo Bills (2002) and the Miami Dolphins (2003).[1][2]

For the English actor and director, see Charley Rogers. For other people with similar names, see Charles Rogers (disambiguation).

Charlie Rogers
Rogers with the Dolphins in 2003
No. 20, 31, 32
Position:Running back
Wide receiver
Return specialist
Personal information
Born: (1976-06-19) June 19, 1976
Cliffwood, New Jersey
Career information
High school:Matawan (NJ)
College:Georgia Tech
NFL Draft:1999 / Round: 5 / Pick: 152
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Kick return yards:4,877
Punt return yards:1,248
Touchdowns:3
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Rogers led the NFL in average punt return yardage in his rookie season, 1999. He also returned a kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown in the Seattle Seahawks playoff loss to the Miami Dolphins (the last points scored by a Seahawk in Kingdome history).[3]

Rogers was in the 2002 NFL Expansion Draft. He was drafted by the Houston Texans, 13th overall.[4][5]

Rogers played college football with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and attended high school at Matawan Regional High School[6] and is now currently the head football coach for the Matawan Ayf midgets.

References
  1. (15 October 2015). On this date: Charlie Rogers runs into Seahawks’ record book Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, seahawks.com
  2. Cour, Jim (1 October 1999). Charlie Rogers has tacklers muttering to themselves, Moscow-Pullman Daily News (AP)
  3. Cour, Jim (10 January 200). Late slide ends Seahawks' season, Ocala Star-Banner (AP)
  4. Farnsworth, Clare (6 February 2002). Texans eye Seahawks' Rogers, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  5. Farnsworth, Clare (18 February 2002). Texans take Hawks returner, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  6. (13 November 1994). High School Football, The New York Times (brief reference to Rogers playing for Matawan)


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