3 Taylor Rogers
Taylor Rogers
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    205
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    South Sioux City, Neb.
  • High School:
    South Sioux City
  • Position:
    WR

Bio

Notes
• 3-year letterwinner (2009, 10, 11)
• 3rd Team Preseason All-American (2012)
• 1st Team All-Conference (2011)
• Offensive Back of the Year (2011)

Career-Highs
Receptions: 10 (at Luther, 10/22)
Receiving Yards: 152 (vs. Buena Vista, 9/26/09)
Receiving Touchdowns: 3 (twice)
Longest Reception: 88 (TD, vs. Buena Vista, 11/5/11)

In the Record Books
Single Game Receptions: t-10th (10, at Luther, 10/22/11)
Season Receptions: 4th (63, 2011)
Career Receptions: t-6th (116)
Season Receiving Yards: 8th (747, 2011)
Career Receiving Yards: 8th (1,525)
Single Game TD Receptions: t-2nd (3, twice)
Season TD Receptions: 3rd (11, 2009); t-5th (8, 2011)
Career TD Receptions: 4th (21)
Season Receptions per Game: 3rd (6.30, 2011)
Career Receptions per Game: 4th (4.00)
Longest Reception: 3rd (TD, 88, vs. Buena Vista, 11/5/11)

2012 (senior)
Named a 3rd Team Preseason All-American by USA Football News. 

2011 (junior)
Named first team all-conference after finishing second in the conference with 63 receptions for 747 yards and 8 touchdowns ... voted the team's Offensive Back of the Year ... made a season-high 10 catches for 96 yards and a touchdown at Luther (10/22) ... tied a career-high with 3 touchdown catches against Wartburg (10/15), making 9 receptions for 97 yards ... caught 5 passes for 116 yards and 2 touchdowns at Coe (9/17) ... also made a 71-yard touchdown catch ... caught 7 passes for 127 yards and a touchdown against Buena Vista (11/5), including an 88-yard touchdown reception ... 88-yarder is the third-longest for a touchdown in school history ... earned a varsity letter.

2010 (sophomore)
Earned a varisty letter ... appeared in nine games, starting eight ... caught 25 passes for 273 yards and two touchdowns ... caught a season-high 7 passes for 65 yards against Luther (10/2).

2009 (freshman)
Earned a varsity letter ... appeared in 10 games, starting four ... caught 28 passes for 505 yards and 11 touchdowns ... led the team in receiving yards and touchdown catches ... ranked fifth in the conference with 11 touchdown catches, the third-most in Simpson history ... caught five passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns against Buena Vista on Sept. 26 ... became one of only five players in program history to catch three or more touchdowns in a game ... caught touchdown passes in seven consecutive games and in 8 of 10 games on the year.

High School
A 2009 graudate of South Sioux City High School ... coached by Matt LaFleur ... named All-District and All-Metro in only season of football ... named team offensive MVP ...  school record for TD receptions in a game (4) ... holds school's only triple-double in basketball history ... lettered in basketball, cross country, and baseball.

Personal
Born Dec. 11, 1990 ... son of Michael and Dawn Rogers ... majoring in sports administration.