Former Warsaw Community High School kicker Jake Rogers has been signed to an NFL team.
New Orleans Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis announced today the team has agreed to terms with the rookie free agent placekicker.
Rogers, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound product of the University of Cincinnati, played in 52 career games for the Bearcats and converted 51-of-75 (68%) of his field goal attempts and 186-of-194 extra points for 339 points. He is the Bearcats’ all-time leading scorer, having surpassed former professional kicker Jonathan Ruffin (315) in that category.
Along with placekicking, Rogers also handled the punting duties during his senior season (2010) with 43 punts for 1,788 yards for an average of 41.6 yards per attempt.
He also handled kickoffs at Cincinnati, where he recorded 64 career touchbacks on 308 kickoffs. Rogers booted a career-long 55-yard field goal as a freshman (2007) and also had a 54-yarder as a sophomore.
The former walk-on at Cincinnati hails from Warsaw where he played soccer and handled the football kicking duties as a senior.
Listed below is are some of Rogers’ accomplishments, as published by NFL Draft Scout:
– 2010: Kicked a pair of extra points in the opener at Fresno State, running his career total to 270 points ... trails Jonathan Ruffin (1999-2002), who is UC’s career leader with 315 points ... was his 150th extra point made and 153rd attempted, both already school records...
– 2009: Converted 13 of 19 field goal attempts on the season (68.4 percent), including 5-7 from 30-38 yards, 4-6 from 40-49 yards, 0-2 from 50-plus yards out. His long kick was 47 yards. Rogers had 23 touchbacks in 92 kickoff attempts, one of the better percentages in the country. He also punted 43 times for 1,788 yards (41.6 average), with a long of 54 yards. He put 15 kicks inside the 20 yard line, forced fair catches on eight kicks and had three touchbacks and one blocked.
— 2008: Named a Lou Groza Award semifinalist ... named BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week for the week ending on Nov. 30 ... connected on 16-of-22 field goals with a long of 54 yards ... made his first 11 field goal attempts of the season and 13 straight dating back to the 2007 season, tying the school record set by Jonathan Ruffin in 2002 ... converted 34-of-36 extra point attempts and finished with 81 points, which led the Bearcats and placed sixth in the BIG EAST ... booted a BIG EAST-long 54-yard field goal at Connecticut, which ranks as the third-longest kick in school history ... knocked through three kicks of 50 yards or more ... holds four of the Top 10 longest field goals in school history ... ranks sixth in school history with 27 made field goals ... seventh in UC annals with 165 career points ...
— 2007: Managed the placement and kickoff chores throughout the season ... tallied 13 touchbacks, including four in the Papajohns.com Bowl, along with two each against Marshall and Louisville ... shared the team lead with 84 points ... converted 51-of-54 PAT kicks ... good on 11-of-19 field goal tries, including 9-of-12 attempts from inside of 40 yards.
