Derrick Rodgers
{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Derrick Rodgers
| image = Derrick Rodgers DF-SD-04-00012 crop.JPEG
| caption = Rodgers in January 2002
| number = 59
| position = Linebacker
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 230
| high_school = St. Augustine {{nowrap|(New Orleans, Louisiana)}}
| college = Arizona State
| draftyear = 1997
| draftround = 3
| draftpick = 92
| pastteams = * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1997|2002}})
- New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2003|2004}})
| highlights = * Consensus All-American (1996)
- First-team All-Pac-10 (1996)
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 532
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 9.0
| statlabel3 = Interceptions
| statvalue3 = 4
| pfr = RodgDe20
}}
Derrick Andre Rodgers (born October 14, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Rodgers played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils, earning consensus All-American honors in 1996. A third-round pick in the 1997 NFL draft, he played professionally for the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints of the NFL.
Early life
Rodgers was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended St. Augustine High School, a Roman Catholic school in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he played high school football for the St. Augustine Purple Knights.
College career
He received an athletic scholarship to attend Arizona State University, and played for the Arizona State Sun Devils football team. As a senior in 1996, Rodgers was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a defensive lineman.
Professional career
The Miami Dolphins selected Rodgers in the third round (92nd pick overall) of the 1997 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played for the Dolphins from {{NFL Year|1997}} to {{NFL Year|2002}}. He finished his NFL career playing for the New Orleans Saints in {{NFL Year|2003}} and {{NFL Year|2004}}. In eight NFL seasons, he played in 116 regular season games, started 111 of them, and compiled 507 tackles, nine quarterback sacks and four interceptions.
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 1997 | MIA
| 15 || 14 || 80 || 56 || 24 || 5.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | MIA
| 16 || 16 || 47 || 26 || 21 || 2.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | MIA
| 16 || 15 || 39 || 23 || 16 || 0.0 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | MIA
| 16 || 14 || 89 || 64 || 25 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | MIA
| 14 || 14 || 71 || 44 || 27 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | MIA
| 16 || 15 || 76 || 46 || 30 || 0.0 || 2 || 28 || 0 || 21 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | NOR
| 15 || 15 || 75 || 57 || 18 || 0.0 || 1 || 40 || 1 || 40 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | NOR
| 8 || 8 || 55 || 44 || 11 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 116 | 111 | 532 | 360 | 172 | 9.0 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
=Playoffs=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 1997 | MIA
| 1 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | MIA
| 2 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | MIA
| 2 || 2 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | MIA
| 2 || 2 || 13 || 10 || 3 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{1996 NCAA Division I-A College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{Dolphins1997DraftPicks}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Derrick}}
Category:St. Augustine High School (New Orleans) alumni
Category:All-American college football players
Category:American football linebackers
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils football players
Category:Miami Dolphins players
Category:New Orleans Saints players
Category:Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee