COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers
has earned the 2012 CFPA Elite Wide Recevier Award for his
performance over the past two seasons, as announced by College
Football Performance Awards.
In 2012, Rogers caught 61 passes for 893 yards and tied the TTU
school record with 10 touchdowns. The 6-foot-3 junior caught 18
passes for 303 yards in a 41-38 double-overtime loss to Southeast
Missouri State to set school records in both categories. Rogers
played for the University of Tennessee Volunteers in 2011 where he
led the team with 1,040 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns.
A total of 45 CFPA awards were announced for the 2012 season.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel earned the 2012 CFPA
National Performer of the Year Trophy, while Harvard quarterback
Colton Chapple earned the same honor for the Football Championship
Subdivision. Rogers was one of two OVC players honored, joining
Tennessee State's A.C. Leonard who earned the 2012 CFPA Tight End
Award.
The goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the
most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. All
recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific
rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the
overall effectiveness of their teams. Since its inception, nineteen
CFPA recipients have been first-round NFL Draft selections.
Rogers recently declared for the 2013 NFL Draft, which will be
held April 25-27.