Nfl draft 2003 Information Provided by cbs sportsline

Charles Rogers

Weight: 202

Position: WR

College: Michigan State

Drafted: Pick 2 of the 1st round by Detroit
Analysis
Positives: Has a well-proportioned, muscular frame with tight skin, low body fat, good arm length, tight bubble and nicely developed legs and thighs...Has outstanding quickness in and out of his cuts...Stays active with his hands to escaper the jam and is very fluid getting into his routes...Has the ability to easily find the open area and the instincts to know where the pursuit is coming from...Uses his superb acceleration to separate and while known as a deep threat, he is also effective on underneath routes... Will catch with his hands outside his framework and shows excellent concentration going over the middle...Does a fine job of tracking and locating the ball, using his speed well to stretch the defense...Shows good hip swerve, wiggle and juking moves to make the initial tackler miss...Has the long arms and strength needed to hold up vs. press coverage... Shows great depth in his routes and can sneak up on a defender and separate with his vertical speed...Not shy combating for the ball and will work hard to take the pigskin away from the defender...Has above average body control to adjust when making the over-the-shoulder grabs...Very hard to contain after the catch.
Negatives: Drops his hands a bit when breaking patterns...While he maintains eye contact on the ball, his concentration will wander when he is not involved in the play...Will get in the way of defenders, but will not overexert himself when called upon to block.
Career Notes
One of the finest athletes to ever wear an MSU uniform...Consummate team player who is a sensational "home run" threat bursting down the sidelines...Emotional leader who can handle hard coaching, he could be the ruler that future pro receivers are measured against...The tireless worker finished his career with 135 receptions for 2821 yards (20.9 avg) and 27 touchdowns in only 24 games as a Spartan...Only Courtney Hawkins (138, 1988-91) and Andre Rison (146, 1985-88) had more catches in school history...His 2821 yards are topped only by Rison's 2992 in MSU annals...Only Kirk Gibson (21.0 avg, 1975-78) had a better career receiving average in school history...His 27 scoring grabs broke Gibson's previous Spartan career-record of 24...Joined Plaxico Burress (65 in 1998 and 66 in 1999) as the only players in school history to catch at least 60 passes in a season twice in a career...Also joined Burress (1013 in 1998 and 1142 in 1999) as the only Spartans to gain over 1000 yards receiving in a season twice in a career...Added 177 yards and a touchdown on 21 punt returns (8.4 avg) and 110 yards with a score on 10 carries (11.0 avg).
2002 Season

Consensus All-American and All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection...Recipient of the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation's premier receiver...Team MVP...Broke his own school season-record with 68 receptions, good for 1351 yards (19.9 avg) and 13 touch-downs...His 1351 yards and 13 scores are topped only by his 2001 totals of 1470 yards and 14 touchdowns on the school's season-record list...Carried six times for 74 yards (12.3 avg) and returned three punts for 19 yards (6.3

avg)...Averaged 120.3 all-purpose yards per game...Also made four solo tackles...57 of his 68 catches were good for first downs... Ranked ninth in the nation in receiving yards.
Eastern Michigan...Began the season with 4 catches for 138 yards and a 19-yard score.
Rice...Earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors as he snared 9 passes for 122 yards with 5 & 38-yard touchdowns, adding 21 yards on a punt

return.
California...Gained 166 yards on 9 catches with a 15-yard score.

All-American first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report...All-Big Ten Conference second-team pick by the league's media...Member of CBS Sportsline's All-Bowl team... Started every game at split end...Led the team with 67 receptions (second-best total in school history as he set school season-records with 1470 yards (21.9 avg) and 14 touch- downs, topping the previous marks of 1142 yards and 12 scores by Plaxico Burress in 1999...Rushed four times for 36 yards (9.0 avg) and a score...Returned 18 punts for 158 yards (8.8 avg) and a touchdown...Also recorded a solo tackle...Averaged 138.7 all-purpose yards per game...Became the first player to average over 20 yards per reception for the Spartans since Andre Rison in 1988...Scored 96 points, becoming the first non-kicker to lead the team in scoring since Sedrick Irvin (1997)...Had at least one touchdown catch in each of his final nine games.

Did not play under NCAA Proposition 48 rules.

33 3/4 8 7/8 10

2001 12 12 67 1470 21.9 14 87 5.58 122.50

2002 12 12 68 1351 19.9 13 65 5.67 112.58

TOTAL 24 24 135 2821 20.9 27 87 5.5.63 117.54

YEAR NO YARDS AVG TD LONG NO YARDS AVG TD LONG

2001 18 158 8.8 1 64 4 36 9.0 1 20

2002 3 19 6.3 0 21 6 74 12.3 0 41

TOTAL 21 177 8.4 1 64 10 110 11.0 1 41
SPECIAL TEAM TACKLES
YEAR TK SO AS FR FC

2001 1 1 0 0 0

2002 4 4 0 0 0

TOTAL 5 5 0 0 0

2001 12 89 1470 36 0 158 1664 16 18.70 138.67

2002 12 77 1351 74 0 19 1444 13 18.75 120.33

TOTAL 24 166 2821 110 0 177 3108 29 18.72 129.50