Former defensive lineman at Auburn. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 346 lb · Detroit, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 52 nationally · Signed with Kentucky
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Auburn. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Justin Rogers
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mark Stoops and Hugh Freeze. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against Ole Miss — Week 8, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Auburn, 3 sacks — drafted at #244 overall by Dallas.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Kevin Steele, Bryan Harsin, Cadillac Williams, and Hugh Freeze. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DallasEntering 3rd NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #266 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023
W 45–13
vs Samford
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 32-point win at home against Samford.
With P. Thorne — 282 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 79.9 · 123 rush yds (11 car) · 2 TD · R. Ashford — 58 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.5 · 17 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 14-10@ California | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-13vs Samford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-27@ Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-27vs Georgia | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 18-48@ LSU | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28vs Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 31-15@ Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-27vs Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 13-31@ Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Evan Anderson’s 2022 season.
Matches Evan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Marquis Gracial's senior season at Missouri (2025).
Matches Marquis on
Player DNA