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51 Justin Rogers LB

  Height: 6-4   Weight: 250
  Year: R   Yrs/Pat: 1
  Acquired: D6a-07(180th overall)
  School: Southern Methodist
  Major: Economics
  Born: Aug 31, 1983

Personal

Economics major... An avid hunter.

College

CAREER: Played in 54 games for Southern Methodist … Totaled 123 tackles (83 solo) and 28 tackles for loss (23 solo) … Recorded 16.5 career sacks, five forced fumbles and a blocked kick.

Senior (2006): Led the team with 9.5 sacks, a mark that ranked 13th in the nation and second in Conference USA … Recorded 59 tackles (41 solo) … His 15 tackles for loss ranked second on the team, 17th in the nation and third in Conference USA.

Junior (2005): A force on the Mustang defensive line... Earned second-team All-C-USA honors... Shared SMU Defensive MVP honors with Rolando Humphrey and Joe Sturdivant... Led Conference USA in sacks with seven and ranked in the top 10 in tackles-for-loss and forced fumbles... Had 64 total stops on the year to go along with 10.5 tackle-for-loss and three forced fumbles... Had eight-tackle games against Tulane and UTEP and seven-stop efforts against Marshall, Tulsa and Rice... Also had two-sack games against the Green Wave and Miners... Blocked a kick in the TCU win

Sophomore (2004): Started the first nine games of the season before missing the last two due to injury... Tied for the team lead with 2.5 sacks... Had 27 total tackles, 5.5 for loss... Had six stops at Rice... Had a team-season-high two sacks against Tulsa.

Freshman (2003): Saw playing time in all 12 games, starting two at defensive end... Had 34 tackles... Notched six stops in games at San Jose State and Tulsa.

2002: Sat out the season as a redshirt.

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