COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Tech junior wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers
has earned a pair of national Player of the Week honors in
recognition of his record-breaking performance Saturday against
Southeast Missouri.
Rogers, a transfer from Tennessee, was named Monday as the
Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Wide Receiver of the Week
by College Football Performance Awards (CFPA). He added the same
honor Tuesday from Beyond College Sports.
Rogers set school records for most receptions, most receiving
yards and most all-purpose yards when he grabbed 18 passes for 303
yards in Tech's 41-38 double-overtime loss to Southeast Missouri.
He ranks third in the nation in total receiving yards with 509, and
is 15th in receptions per game, averaging 7.25 in his first four
games with the Golden Eagles.
Following limited action in the first three games, Rogers had a
breakout game against the Redhawks. He ranks fifth in the OVC in
all-purpose yards and scoring, and is second in the league in
receiving yards per game and receiving touchdowns and third in
receptions per game. In four games, Rogers has 29 catches for 504
yards and five touchdowns.
On Sunday, the Calhoun, Ga., native was voted the Ohio Valley
Conference Newcomer of the Week for the second time this
season.
Rogers and the Golden Eagles will be in Kentucky this weekend to
take on Murray State in a 6 p.m. OVC contest Saturday.