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- Position Defensive Back
- Class Graduate Student
- Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 203
- Hometown Burlington, NJ.
- Highschool Burlington Township HS
Graduate student with one year of athletic eligibility remaining … Appeared in 28 career games (6/East Carolina, 22/Elon) who has started 20 games … Mid-year transfer from Elon who enrolled at East Carolina in January of 2023 … Tallied 153 total tackles (91 solo) … Credited with six pass breakups and a fumble recovery.
2023: Played in six games making two starts (Gardner-Webb, SMU) … Earned first letter with the program after logging 176 total snaps (97 defense, 79 special teams) … Recorded seven tackles (five solo) … Tallied 2.0 TFLs (minus nine yards) at Rice … Registered at least one tackle in four of six games (multiple once) … Credited with a fumble recovery (two yards) and three pass breakups … Booked a season-best four tackles (three solo) at Rice … Had pass breakups against Marshall, Gardner-Webb and SMU.
Elon Career: Three-year letterman (2020-22) for the Phoenix … Appeared in 22 career games tallying 145 stops (85 solo) … Credited with 7.5 career TFLs (-26 yards) which included three sacks (-12 yards) … Picked off seven passes for 186 yards and registered 10 pass breakups … Forced three fumbles and recovered one
2022 (Elon): Earned Second-Team All-CAA honors … Named Second-Team All-CAA by Phil Steele … CAA Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 31 … Played in nine games, starting seven times … Ranked fourth on the team with 60 tackles (37 solo) … Also had 2.0 sacks and 5.0 tackles for loss … Picked off a team-high three passes, along with two pass break-ups, two forced fumbles and two quarterback hurries … Booked 11 tackles in a game three times, doing so at Vanderbilt, at New Hampshire and vs. UAlbany … Credited with a sack and 2.0 tackles for loss in that win over UAlbany, adding a forced fumble … Intercepted two passes at Furman, tallying 72 yards in return yardage … Also returned an interception 24 yards against Delaware, picking up a quarterback hurry and a sack in that contest
2021 (Elon): Limited by injury but played in seven games, starting each of those contests … Finished the year with 46 tackles (26 solo), to go with 1.0 sack, a forced fumble and a team-best two interceptions … Picked off both passes in the season opener against Wofford, finishing with six tackles … Forced a fumble and had a sack against Villanova … Recorded a season-best nine tackles against William & Mary … Registered at least four stops in the seven games played.
2020-21 (Elon): Played in six games with four starts in the secondary … Ranked second on the team on tackles with 39 while leading the squad with two interceptions while recording 1.5 tackles for a loss with a pass breakup and a fumble recovery … Tallied a season-best 12 tackles versus Richmond on March 13 … Made 10 tackles with a tackle for loss and a pass breakup at William & Mary on March 20 … Booked nine tackles with an interception at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 27 … Added another interception with seven tackles versus No. 1 James Madison on March 6.
2019 (Elon): Did not appear in any games during first year with the program.
High School: Four-year starter at defensive back for head coach Tom Madeira at Burlington Township High School … Finished with 100 tackles – 61 solo – to go with four sacks, four interceptions and two forced fumbles as a senior and helped Burlington Township allow just 11.5 points per game as a senior … Earned All-State, All-County and All-Conference honors as a senior … Tabbed as the county and conference’s Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Also earned All-County honors as a junior and All-Conference accolades as a sophomore … Finished his career with 10 interceptions … Also played basketball and ran track.
Personal: Full name is Omar Jay Rogers … Son of Arlene and Johnie Rogers … Earned undergraduate degree from Elon in fall of 2022 … Currently enrolled in MBA program at East Carolina.
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