Chester Rogers

Chester Rogers (born January 12, 1994) is an American football wide receiver who is currently an free agent. He played college football at Grambling State and signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2016.[1]

Chester Rogers
Free agent
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1994-01-12) January 12, 1994
Huntsville, Alabama
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:184 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school:Lee (Huntsville, Alabama)
College:Grambling State
Undrafted:2016
Career history
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Receptions:111
Receiving yards:1,221
Receiving average:11.0
Return yards:593
Total touchdowns:5
Player stats at NFL.com

Acting career

Chester Rogers started acting when he was 10 years old with the stage name of Tre Rogers. His first movie, Constellation was filmed in his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama where he played a younger version of the character played by actor Billy Dee Williams. Afterwards, Chester and his mom decided to pursue acting, and move out to California for four years. During that time, he also was in Madea's Family Reunion, Re-Animated on Cartoon Network, and Dirty with Cuba Gooding Jr. He was also originally cast in both Everybody Hates Chris and House of Payne, before the parts were recast after changes were made to the shows.[2] He then put acting on hold to go to Grambling State to pursue football.[3]

College career

Rogers attended and played college football at Grambling State from 2012–2015.[4]

Collegiate statistics
Chester Rogers
Year Team G Rec Yds Yd/Rec TDs
2012 Grambling State 5 6 78 13.0 0
2013 Grambling State 11 48 735 15.3 5
2014 Grambling State 12 53 712 13.4 4
2015 Grambling State 12 46 707 15.4 6
Career 40 153 2,232 14.6 15

Professional career

Rogers was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2016.[5] He finished the 2016 season with 19 catches for 273 yards while playing in 14 games for the Colts.[6]

On November 12, 2017, during Week 10 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rogers posted his first career game with over 100 yards of receiving, finishing with 104 receiving yards on 6 receptions and a touchdown, but the Colts lost the game 17–20.[7] Overall, in the 2017 season, he finished with 23 receptions for 284 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.[8]

Going into the 2018 season, Rogers remained in the rotation for the Colts.[9] In Week 6, against the New York Jets, he scored his first receiving touchdown of the season.[10] In Week 16, Rogers caught the go-ahead score with 55 seconds remaining to beat the New York Giants 28-27.[11] He finished the season playing in all 16 games with 10 starts, recording 53 receptions for 485 yards and two touchdowns.

Entering 2019, Rogers was named the fourth wide receiver on the depth chart. He suffered a knee fracture in Week 13 and was placed on injured reserve on December 2, 2019.[12] He finished the season with 16 catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns through 12 games and six starts.

Career statistics

Regular season
SeasonTeamGamesReceivingRushing Fumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDFUMLost
2016Indianapolis Colts 1421927314.4360–––––20
2017Indianapolis Colts 1142328412.3611382.770––
2018Indianapolis Colts 1610534859.23421-4-4.0-4010
2019Indianapolis Colts 1261617911.227211818.018021
Total53221111,22111.06155224.418051

References
  1. "GSU's Rogers brought to tears after signing with Colts". thenewsstar.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  2. "Q&A with Chester Rogers: Childhood movie star to Colts receiver". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. Shabazz, Miniya (May 19, 2017). "Even after graduating, Colts receiver Chester Rogers wanted thrill of walking across the stage". The Undefeated. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  4. "Chester Rogers - Grambling State Tigers - washingtonpost.com". stats.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. "Indianapolis Colts Agree to Terms with 21 Undrafted Free Agents". Blogs.Colts.com. May 2, 2016.
  6. "Chester Rogers". NFL.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  7. "Chester Rogers is our Player of the Game in loss vs. Steelers". Colts Wire. November 12, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  8. White, Stephen (August 22, 2018). "Andrew Luck's return is great news for Chester Rogers". SBNation.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  9. "2018 Indianapolis Colts Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  10. "Colts' Chester Rogers: Targeted 10 times against Jets". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  11. "5 takeaways from Colts' 28-27 comeback win vs. Giants". Colts Wire. USA Today. December 23, 2018.
  12. "Colts WR Chester Rogers suffers fracture in knee, likely headed to IR". Stampede Blue. SB Nation. December 2, 2019.
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