George Rogers
George Washington Rogers Jr.
Born: December 8, 1958
Duluth, GA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 228
College: South Carolina
High School: Duluth (GA)
Career: 1981-1987
Drafted: 1981 in Round 1, #1 overall by the New Orleans Saints
George Rogers played from 1981 to 1987 during his career with the New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins. Rogers ran for 7,176 yards in his career on 1,692 attempts, scoring 54 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 55 passes for 368 yards.
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Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 378 | 1674 | 4.4 | 79 | 13 |
1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 122 | 535 | 4.4 | 38 | 3 |
1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 256 | 1144 | 4.5 | 76 | 5 |
1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 239 | 914 | 3.8 | 28 | 2 |
1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 231 | 1093 | 4.7 | 35 | 7 |
1986 | NFL Washington Redskins | 303 | 1203 | 4.0 | 42 | 18 |
1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 163 | 613 | 3.8 | 29 | 6 |
Totals | 1692 | 7176 | 4.2 | 79 | 54 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 25 | 0 |
1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 10 | 0 |
1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 12 | 69 | 5.8 | 22 | 0 |
1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 23 | 0 |
1986 | NFL Washington Redskins | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 368 | 6.7 | 25 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1986 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1981 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||||
1982 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
1983 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
1984 | NFL New Orleans Saints | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1985 | NFL Washington Redskins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
1986 | NFL Washington Redskins | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | ||||||||
1987 | NFL Washington Redskins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Totals | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 324 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1981 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
1982 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 6 | 5 |
1983 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 13 | 12 |
1984 | NFL | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 16 |
1985 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 15 | 5 |
1986 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 15 | 15 |
1987 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 11 | 9 |
Awards
1981 - AP Offensive Rookie of the Year
Honors
1981 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1981 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1981 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (1st Team)
1982 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)