Isaiah Rodgers

Former cornerback at Massachusetts. 2019: 4 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 42 tackles.

CB · Massachusetts · Sr. · #9

5′10″ · 170 lb · Tampa, FL

Indianapolis — drafted 2020, Rd 6, Pick 32, #211 overall

The story

Former cornerback at Massachusetts. 2019: 4 interceptions, 9 pass breakups, 42 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Massachusetts in 2016.
Drafted round 6 by the Indianapolis in 2020.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2732 nationally · Signed with Massachusetts

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Massachusetts, 188 tackles — drafted at #211 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

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

201610 games

Signed with Massachusetts2-star out of Blake

2020

Drafted by Indianapolisround 6, pick 211

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2732 national

CFB

College

Massachusetts

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #211

Indianapolis · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016–2018

Mark Whipple

Massachusetts

2019

Walt Bell

Massachusetts

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Whipple → Walt Bell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 7th NFL season

#211Rd 6 · Pick 32

IndianapolisEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Massachusetts2-10HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2017Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

2018Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

2019Massachusetts1-11HC: Walt Bell · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (100th percentile). Strength: passes defended (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Forced fumbles#1 / 721 · 100th pct

Passes defended#78 / 2688 · 97th pct

Interceptions#17 / 779 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#728 / 2688 · 72nd pct

Tackles#877 / 2688 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1061 / 2688 · 57th pct

3.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

0.0

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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.2	0.0	1.2
Road6g	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	0.3	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.2	0.0	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Harasymiak

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Massachusetts	42	29	3.0	9	4	3
2018	Massachusetts	56	41	3.0	4	2	1
2017	Massachusetts	50	35	3.0	14	3	2
2016	Massachusetts	40	21	0.5	7	2	2
Career		188	126	9.5	34	11	8

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 37–29

vs Akron

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TD

Edged out Akron at home in a shootout.

With M. Curtis — 173 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.2 · 69 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · G. Georgopoulos — 40 AVG · 47 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-48@ Rutgers	3	1	0.0	2	1
Wk 2	L 20-45vs Southern Illinois	6	2	1.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	L 17-52@ Charlotte	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 28-62vs Coastal Carolina	4	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 37-29vs Akron	4	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	L 0-44@ Florida International	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 21-69@ Louisiana Tech	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 35-56vs UConn	2	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	L 21-63vs Liberty	5	4	0.0	—	4
Wk 11	L 7-63@ Army	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 6-45@ Northwestern	4	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 24-56vs BYU	2	2	0.0	—	1
Total		42	29	3.0	4	9

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

201610 games

2020

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays