James Rodgers Class: Senior Hometown: Richmond, Texas High School: Lamar Consolidated Height / Weight: 5-7 / 188 Position: WR Experience: 3V

James Rodgers has Become a Blueprint Student-Athlete (GT 8/13/2010)

James Rodgers -- Published Poet -- Cliff Kirkpatrick of the Gazette Times

Oh, brothers - Rodgers duo makes quick impact at OSU- Kerry Eggers, The Portland Tribune

Role models put Rodgers brothers on right track- Kerry Eggers, The Portland Tribune

One More Run for the Rodgers (Portland Tribune 4/1/2010)

2010: One of the more versatile players in the nation ... excellent receiver who is a candidate for many postseason awards for his senior year, including the Biletnikoff Award (top receiver) ... co-team captain ... James has the second-highest total of all-purpose yards (rush, rec., punt ret., kick ret., Int ret.) among active players entering 2010 with 5,077 - second all-time at OSU ... he needs 530 yards to be the school's all-time leader for all-purpose yards ... owns three of OSU's top-10 single game all-purpose yards records, including No. 1 with 303 at Oregon in 2009 ... broke the school record for single season receptions in 2009 with 91 ... enters the year with 161 career receptions, third at OSU - 60 short of the school record held by 2005 Biletnikoff Award recipient Mike Hass (2002-05) at 220 ... 1,849 career receiving yards, sixth at OSU ... 14 career receiving touchdowns, tied for seventh at OSU and six career 100-yard plus receiving games, tied for sixth ... 27 career starts, 14 straight ... eighth-best career kickoff return average at 24 yards per attempt and second-best career punt return average at 11.6 ... four points shy of breaking into OSU's career top 10 for points with 146 ... is just the second OSU player (Pat Chaffey) to achieve 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in his career ... NationalChamps.net First Team Preseason All-American.

2009: All-Pac-10 First Team as a wide receiver ... named first team All-Pac-10 by Phil Steele ... 91 receptions set a new school record ... became the fifth OSU player to compile a 1,000-yard receiving season and the ninth 1,000-yard season overall...set OSU single season record for all-purpose yards (2,328) ... set OSU single game record for all-purpose yards at Oregon with 303 ... named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week after his 10-catch, 114-yard 1 TD performance at Arizona State ... scored on an 87-yard pass on the season's first offensive play against Portland State - sixth-longest passing play in OSU history ... Ted Miller of ESPN.com named him the 22nd best player in the Pac-10 Conference during his offseason breakdown, but moved him to ninth in his postseason recap.

2008: James suffered a broken collarbone in the last game against Oregon and missed the Sun Bowl ... accumulated 1,833 all-purpose yards, third-most in OSU history ... Pac-10 co-Special Teams Player of the Week after accounting for 117 yards in kickoff returns against California, including a game-tying 86-yard return in the first quarter ... rushed for a season-high 110 yards at Washington, which included TD runs of 1 and 55 yards - also had a 33-yard TD receiving ... 102 yards rushing at Arizona.

2007: Started one game ... accounted for 916 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns ... rushed for 115 yards in the Emerald Bowl victory vs. Maryland, 65 of which came in the game-ending 6:24 drive ... scored two touchdowns in the bowl, recovering an Yvenson Bernard fumble in the end zone late in the third quarter that proved to be the winning score - also had a 14-yard TD reception from Sean Canfield in the first ... scored the game-winning touchdown on a 25-yard fly sweep at Oregon in double overtime ... in his first game as a Beaver he rushed for 62 yards vs. Utah.

LAMAR CONSOLIDATED: Three-year letterman as a wide receiver and free safety ... 2005 and `06 District MVP, first team all-state, first team Greater Houston Area ... 2006 basketball District MVP ... four-year letterman and starter in basketball and track.

PERSONAL: Born December 20, 1988 in Richmond, Texas ... son of Tasha Williams ... has three siblings, including Beaver sophomore running back Jacquizz Rodgers - James in 14 months older ... several former prep teammates are playing at Division I schools ... Michael Lewis of the 49ers is an uncle ... chose OSU because of the "academic programs, the campus and the people at OSU made me feel welcome" ... very involved in campus and community service activities ... wrote a haiku for a collection of works by OSU students in the book, "Haiku for Sociologists" ... keynote speaker at the April 18, 2009 Kaleidoscope of Colleges and Cultures on the OSU campus - a program aimed primarily at underrepresented minorities and first generation students ... participated in the 2008 OSU Learning Through Excellence Spring Break program - studying Native American Issues in Rural Oregon Communities, interacting five days with the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde ... speech communication major, graduating in December.

Game-By-Game Stats

JAMES RODGERS' CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS

Year Car. YG YL NYG TD Long

2009 58 346 43 303 1 33

2008 46 442 34 408 5 55

2007 50 594 8 586 3 51

Totals 154 1382 85 1297 9 55

JAMES RODGERS' CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS

Year Rec. Yds TD Long

2009 91 1034 9 87

2008 51 607 4 75

2007 19 208 1 25

Totals 161 1849 14 87

JAMES RODGERS' CAREER PASSING STATISTICS

Year Att. Comp. Int. Yds PCT TD Long

2009 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0

JAMES RODGERS' CAREER ALL-PURPOSE STATISTICS

Year Rush Rec. PR KR Total

2009 303 1034 151 840 2328

2008 408 607 0 818 1833

2007 586 208 0 122 916

Totals 1297 1849 151 1780 5077

JAMES RODGERS' CAREER KICKOFF RETURN STATISTICS

Year No. Yds Avg. TD Long

2009 36 840 23.3 0 84

2008 33 818 24.8 1 86

2007 5 122 24.4 0 38

Totals 74 1780 24.1 1 86

JAMES RODGERS' CAREER PUNT RETURN STATISTICS

Year No. Yds Avg. TD Long

2009 13 151 11.6 0 33

JAMES RODGERS' RUSHING GAME-BY-GAME (2009 -- played in all 13 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Portland State 2 23 0 14

UNLV 3 16 0 6

Cincinnati 11 67 0 12

Arizona 2 15 0 8

Arizona State 3 5 0 4

Stanford 2 10 0 7

USC 6 42 0 33

UCLA 5 28 1 17

California 7 31 0 28

Washington 5 7 0 14

Washington St. 3 16 0 12

Oregon 5 29 0 8

BYU 4 14 0 17

JAMES RODGERS' RUSHING GAME-BY-GAME (2008 -- played in 12 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Stanford 5 49 0 14

Penn State 3 9 0 4

Hawai'i 2 5 0 12

USC 3 3 0 4

Utah 2 8 0 4

Washington St. 4 57 1 24

Washington 3 110 2 55

Arizona State 1 -14 0 0

UCLA 3 1 0 7

California 3 22 1 18

Arizona 10 102 1 20

Oregon 7 56 0 27

JAMES RODGERS' RUSHING GAME-BY-GAME (2007 -- played in all 13 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Utah 4 62 0 25

Idaho State 1 39 0 39

Arizona State 3 30 0 15

UCLA 2 0 0 0

Arizona 1 40 0 40

California 2 33 0 17

Stanford 3 60 0 51

USC 3 48 0 39

Washington 8 85 0 27

Washington St. 8 29 1 13

Oregon 5 45 1 25

Maryland 10 115 1 35

JAMES RODGERS' RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME (2009 -- played in all 12 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Portland State 2 95 1 87

UNLV 6 48 1 15

Cincinnati 11 90 0 26

Arizona 8 119 0 25

Arizona State 10 114 1 37

Stanford 6 78 1 31

USC 7 56 1 13

UCLA 10 106 0 42

California 6 80 1 36

Washington 5 46 2 13

Washington St. 6 33 0 14

Oregon 10 139 1 31

BYU 4 30 0 14

JAMES RODGERS' RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME (2008 -- played in 12 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Stanford 4 39 0 17

Penn State 6 44 0 18

Hawai'i 3 76 1 56

USC 6 36 2 14

Utah 5 82 0 43

Washington St. 1 6 0 6

Washington 3 53 1 33

Arizona State 8 102 0 28

UCLA 6 115 0 75

California 6 50 0 15

Arizona 2 9 0 7

Oregon 1 -5 0 0

JAMES RODGERS' RECEIVING GAME-BY-GAME (2007 -- played in all 13 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Idaho State 4 60 0 25

Arizona 1 8 0 8

California 1 22 0 22

Washington 1 4 0 4

Washington St. 5 65 0 19

Oregon 2 9 0 7

Maryland 5 40 1 14

JAMES RODGERS' GAME-BY-GAME PASSING (2009 - played in all 12 games)

Game Att. Comp. Int. Yds TD

Washington St. 1 0 0 0 0

JAMES RODGERS' KICKOFF RETURN GAME-BY-GAME (2009 -- played in all 12 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Portland State 1 49 0 49

UNLV 2 28 0 15

Cincinnati 1 38 0 38

Arizona 5 116 0 35

Arizona State 2 30 0 19

Stanford 2 35 0 21

USC 4 96 0 30

UCLA 4 90 0 28

California 0 0 0 0

Washington 3 104 0 84

Washington St. 2 48 0 27

Oregon 7 135 0 25

BYU 3 71 0 30

JAMES RODGERS' KICKOFF RETURN GAME-BY-GAME (2008 -- played in 12 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Stanford 7 159 0 41

Penn State 4 96 0 27

Hawai'i 1 35 0 35

USC 2 44 0 30

Utah 1 22 0 22

Washington St. 1 19 0 19

Washington 2 53 0 35

Arizona State 1 15 0 15

UCLA 3 73 0 25

California 3 117 1 86

Arizona 1 27 0 27

Oregon 7 158 0 40

JAMES RODGERS' KICKOFF RETURN GAME-BY-GAME (2007 -- played in all 13 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Idaho State 1 15 0 15

UCLA 1 5 0 5

Stanford 1 18 0 18

Washington St. 1 31 0 31

Oregon 0 38 0 38*

Maryland 1 15 0 15

*lateral

JAMES RODGERS' PUNT RETURN GAME-BY-GAME (2009 -- played in all 12 games)

No. Yds TD LG

Cincinnati 2 23 0 12

Arizona 1 -1 0 0

Arizona State 3 60 0 23

Stanford 1 23 0 23

California 1 9 0 9

Washington 3 19 0 14

Washington St. 2 18 0 9