Senior defensive end for Temple. 2021: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
6′4″ · 255 lb · Saginaw, MI
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 1150 nationally · Signed with Washington State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Temple. 2021: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
Will Rodgers III
Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 3 tackles against Boston College — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Temple, 8 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Geoff Collins, Ed Foley, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2021 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Temple | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Washington State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Washington State | 27 | 13 | 6.0 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Washington State | 18 | 11 | 6.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 57 | 30 | 13.5 | 8.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021
W 41–7
vs Wagner
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-24@ Akron | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-28vs Boston College | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 41-7vs Wagner | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-31vs Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-34@ South Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |