Eric Rogers

Former defensive back at Rutgers. 2024: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

DB · Rutgers · Sr.

6′2″ · 189 lb · Burlington, NJ

CFB Index 48 · #291 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceRutgers 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1824 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Rutgers. 2024: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 33 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2020.
Transferred from Northern Illinois to Rutgers in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of Burlington Township

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1824 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #291 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#838 / 2892 · 70th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles#1219 / 2892 · 57th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #291 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #291 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Rutgers	33	24	1.0	1.0	3	1	--
2023	Rutgers	18	10	0.0	0.0	6	--	--
2022	Northern Illinois	16	13	0.0	0.0	4	2	--
2021	Northern Illinois	26	20	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		93	67	1.0	1.0	14	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 26–19

vs Minnesota

3 SOLO · 4 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Kaliakmanis — 240 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.8 · -19 rush yds (3 car) · J. Anderson — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 44-7vs Howard	3	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 49-17vs Akron	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 26-23@ Virginia Tech	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-18vs Washington	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	L 7-14@ Nebraska	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	L 32-35vs UCLA	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-42@ USC	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 26-19vs Minnesota	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-17@ Maryland	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 31-38vs Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		33	24	1.0	1.0	1	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology