Position: Tight end Weight: 257 lb (117 kg) Name Richard Rodgers Nationality American | Place of birth: Martinez, California College: California Height 1.93 m | |
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Date of birth: (1992-01-22) January 22, 1992 (age 23) High school: Shrewsbury (MA) St. John's Role American football tight end Current team Green Bay Packers (#89 / Tight end) Education University of California, Berkeley Parents Mindy Rodgers, Richard Rodgers Sr. Similar People Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Quarless, Davante Adams, James Starks, Randall Cobb | ||
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 was drafted by the Packers in the third round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at California.
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Early life
Rodgers was born in California and grew up in California, Oregon, and New Mexico before moving to Worcester, Massachusetts in 2004. 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. He is one of 14 athletes in Saint John's history to be a member of the 1000 Point Scorers List, with 1423 points. In football, he helped lead the Pioneers to central Massachusetts super bowl championship wins his last two years. 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".
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.
2014 NFL Draft
Rodgers was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the third round (98th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Rodgers 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.
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. 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."
Career statistics
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