#21

NaQuari Rogers

Senior running back for Utah. 2025: 387 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Utah · Sr. · #21

5′10″ · 205 lb · Virginia Beach, VA

CFB Index 46 · #158 of 326 RBsHigh confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Utah)

How he plays

Does a little of everything without one standout trait.

TD rate: 94th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

387

rushing yards · 2025

11 TD · 3.9 per carry · 3 catches

Best game: 31 rush yds, 2 TD, 32 rec yds, vs Cal Poly

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Utah. 2025: 387 rushing yards, 11 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Campbell in 2023.
382 rushing yards in 2024. Then 387 in 2025.

His career, year by year

NaQuari Rogers

RB · Utah · Sr · #21

Does a little of everything without one standout trait. NaQuari Rogers has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 61 rush yds, 5 rec yds against West Virginia — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024New Mexico5-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

2025Utah11-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #158 of 326?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (94th percentile). Strength: success rate (93rd percentile). Concern: yards / carry (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#29 / 456 · 94th pct

7.4%

Success rate#32 / 456 · 93rd pct

55.4%

EPA / carry#117 / 456 · 74th pct

0.22

Explosive rate#332 / 456 · 27th pct

4.2%

Yards / carry#391 / 456 · 14th pct

4.0

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#27 / 349 · 92nd pct

Carries#169 / 349 · 51st pct

Rush yards#214 / 349 · 39th pct

387

Rec yards#254 / 338 · 25th pct

Long run#287 / 349 · 17th pct

Yards / carry#303 / 349 · 12th pct

3.9

Receptions#305 / 338 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

78th → 74th percentile

Success rate

100th → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

43rd → 27th percentile

Yards / carry

62nd → 14th percentile

TD rate

87th → 94th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	25.1	3.6	1.0
Road5g	42.2	3.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	44.1	4.1	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	15.6	3.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

46 · #158 of 326 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Utah	98	387	3.9	11	--
2024	New Mexico	74	382	5.2	5	--
Career		172	769	4.5	16	--

Season	Team
2025	Utah	3	43	14.3	0	--
2024	New Mexico	3	14	4.7	1	--
Career		6	57	9.5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2025

W 51–47

vs Kansas State

4 rush yds (1 car)

Edged out Kansas State at home in a shootout.

With D. Dampier — 259 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.0 · 94 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · O. Phillips — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Wyoming · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.88NaQuari Rogers run for 23 yds to the WYO 33 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Cal Poly · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.79NaQuari Rogers run for 1 yd for a TD (Dillon Curtis KICK)
Week 7 · Arizona State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.65NaQuari Rogers 22 Yd Run (Dillon Curtis Kick)
Week 3 · Wyoming · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +2.45NaQuari Rogers run for 1 yd for a TD (Dillon Curtis KICK)
Week 1 · Nebraska · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.08(10:45) #21 N.Rogers rush middle for 3 yards gain to the NEB00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:40, 1ST DOWN #17 D.Curtis kick attempt good (H: #92 O.Phillips, LS: #44 L.Castor)
Week 7 · Arizona State · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.07NaQuari Rogers run for 2 yds for a TD (Dillon Curtis KICK)
Week 9 · Colorado · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.07(03:45) No Huddle #21 N.Rogers rush right for 2 yards gain to the COL00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:42 #17 D.Curtis kick attempt good (H: #92 O.Phillips, LS: #44 L.Castor)
Week 1 · UCLA · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA +1.90NaQuari Rogers 1 Yd Run (Dillon Curtis Kick)
Week 10 · Cincinnati · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.90(01:19) No Huddle #21 N.Rogers rush middle for 1 yard gain to the Cin00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:19 #17 D.Curtis kick attempt good (H: #92 O.Phillips, LS: #44 L.Castor)
Week 2 · Cal Poly · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.87Byrd Ficklin pass complete to NaQuari Rogers for 32 yds to the UTAH 37 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-10@ UCLA	16	61	3.8	1	10	Season-high 61 yds
Wk 2	W 63-9vs Cal Poly	7	31	4.4	2	7
Wk 3	W 31-6@ Wyoming	13	60	4.6	1	23
Wk 4	L 10-34vs Texas Tech	10	37	3.7	0	8
Wk 5	W 48-14@ West Virginia	13	61	4.7	0	19
Wk 7	W 42-10vs Arizona State	12	48	4.0	2	22
Wk 8	L 21-24@ BYU	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 9	W 53-7vs Colorado	8	25	3.1	1	8
Wk 10	W 45-14vs Cincinnati	8	20	2.5	1	5
Wk 12	W 55-28@ Baylor	6	27	4.5	2	20
Wk 13	W 51-47vs Kansas State	1	4	4.0	0	4
Bowl	W 44-22vs Nebraska	3	11	3.7	1	6
Total		98	387	3.8	11	23

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

NaQuari Rogers

2023

202410 games

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Back

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Heisman trajectory

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