Place of birth: Cliffwood, New Jersey Kick return yards: 4,877 Name Charlie Rogers | College: Georgia Tech Punt return yards: 1,248 Role American football player | |
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Date of birth: (1976-06-19) June 19, 1976 (age 39) NFL draft: 1999 / Round: 5 / Pick: 152 Education Georgia Institute of Technology Positions Running back, Wide receiver, Return specialist | ||
Charlie Rogers Punt Return Against Virginia 1998
John Edward Rogers (born June 19, 1976) is a former American football running back and wide receiver in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks (1999–2001), the Houston Texans (2002)*, the Buffalo Bills (2002) and the Miami Dolphins (2003). 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).
Rogers was in the 2002 NFL Expansion Draft. He was drafted by the Houston Texans, 13th overall.
Rogers went to college at the Georgia Institute of Technology and attended high school at Matawan Regional High School and is now currently the head football coach for the Matawan Ayf midgets.