Gabriel Rogers

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-11
Weight:
190
Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Jackson, Miss.
High School:
Callaway HS
Prev School:
Jones County JC

Honors (Academic/Athletic)

• Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2019 fall semester

2022 (Fifth Year)

• Member of the Tigers who won the 2022 SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
• Appeared in all 13 games on the season, earning 11 starts
• Totaled 40 receptions for 489 yards to go with nine rushes for 58 yards and a touchdown
• Against Houston, caught five ball for 71 yards and threw a 41-yard touchdown pass while rushing twice for 23 yards
• Had five catches for a season-high 95 yards in win at Navy
• Also had five receptions for 86 yards in victory over Arkansas State
• Notched five catches for 34 yards against No. 25/25/25 UCF
• Fourth-Team Preseason All-AAC (Phil Steele)

2021 (Redshirt Senior)

• Appeared in nine games, earning six starts for the Tigers
• Rushed six times for 32 yards and had 15 receptions for 179 yards and a touchdown on the season
• Tallied a season-best four receptions for 38 yards and a score in win over Tulane
• Had three receptions for a season-high 59 yards in win over Nicholls
• Rushed for a season-best 22 yards at No. 17/17 Houston

2020 (Redshirt Junior)

• Member of the 8-3 Tigers who won the 2020 Montgomery Bowl
• Appeared in all 11 games on the season, earning starts in all 11
• Totaled five tackles, two solo, to go with six kick returns for 126 yards
• Had a season-best two tackles in win over Stephen F. Austin

2019 (Junior)

• Played in four games, primarily on special teams before redshirting the remainder of the season
• Returned his first career kickoff for a touchdown against Navy for a 99-yard score
• Member of the 2019 squad that went 12-2, won the American Athletic Conference Championship and earned a berth to the 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

2017-18 (at Jones County CC)

• Played two seasons for head coach Steve Buckley at Jones County Community College
• The Bobcats posted an 18-4 record and won consecutive Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) South Division titles in his two seasons
• Helped Jones County to a 10-2 record and a win in the Mississippi Bowl in 2018
• The 10-win season was the Bobcats’ first since 2001
• The bowl game win was the program’s first since 1998
• Jones County finished the season ranked No. 5 in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) poll
• Started junior college career at WR and moved to DB as a sophomore
• Played in 19 games in his two seasons
• As a freshman, had 15 receptions for 135 yards
• Hauled in a season-best four catches vs Pearl River
• Totaled a season-high 43 receiving yards vs East Mississippi
• Moved to defensive backfield in 2018
• In nine games, registered 18 total tackles (16 solo), three PBU, two TFL and one interception
• Posted season-highs for total tackles (6), solo (4) and PBU (3) vs Northwest Mississippi
• His interception came against East Central

Prior to Memphis/Personal

• Played two seasons for Callaway High School in Jackson, Miss.
• Played at wide receiver for the Chargers
• In his two years at Callaway, had 1,851 all-purpose yards
• Ran the ball 50 times for 459 yards • Caught 52 passes for 781 yards
• Son of Stacey Baily and Charles Rogers