Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-16vs UT Rio Grande Valley | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 31-26@ Texas State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#14
Joel Rogers
Sophomore safety on UTSA's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Saint Francisville, LA · West Feliciana HS
Transferred LSU → UTSA for 2026
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 260 nationally · Signed with LSU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 safety on UTSA's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2024.
- Transferred from LSU to UTSA in 2026.
Joel Rogers
Three head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 7 tackles against UT Rio Grande Valley — Week 1, 2026.
12 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with LSU4-star out of West Feliciana
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
UTSA
Played his entire career under Jeff Traylor.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to UTSA
2025LSU
2026UTSA
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024LSU9-4HC: Brian Kelly · Pass-leaning
2025LSU7-6HC: Frank Wilson · Balanced, slow tempo
2026UTSA2-0HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (20th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 6.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 45–16
Game log
The secondary · UTSA
- #15Tyan Milton51 tackles · 2025
- #12Marcellus Wilkerson27 tackles · 2025
- #14Jer'Marius Lewis25 tackles · 2025
- #27Jakevian Rodgers23 tackles · 2025
- #14Joel Rogers3 tackles · 2025
21 more on the roster · UTSA team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology