Armani Rogers
Armani Rogers is an American football quarterback for the Ohio Bobcats. He previously played at UNLV. Early years. Rogers grew up in Los Angeles and attended Alexander Hamilton High School. As a senior, he passed for 1,433 yards and 18 touchdowns with one interception and rushed for 431 yards and six touchdowns on 71 carries. Rogers was rated a three-star recruit and initially committed to play college football at California over offers from UCLA, Washington, and Utah. He decommitted during his senior year following changes to California's coaching staff and later signed to play at UNLV  after considering Fresno State. College career. Rogers began his college career at UNLV and redshirted his true freshman season. He started nine games for the Rebels during his redshirt freshman season and was named the Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year after completing 99 of 189 pass attempts for 1,471 yards and six touchdowns with five interceptions and setting a school record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 780 and also rushing for eight touchdowns. Rogers suffered a foot injury in the fourth game of his redshirt sophomore year and missed the next six games before returning and  finishing the season with 601 passing yards and 10 touchdowns and 565 rushing yards and eight touchdowns. He passed for 393 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions and rushed 204 yards and two scores in four games as a redshirt junior before again suffering an injury. Rogers announced he would be transferring from the program after completing his undergraduate studies. Rogers transferred to Ohio as a graduate student. In 2020, he was used mostly in offensive package plays and passed 48 yards and one touchdown and rushed 114 yards and two touchdowns. Rogers decided to utilize the extra year  of eligibility granted to college athletes who played in the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic and return to Ohio for a second season. He started two games at quarterback and was also used in offensive packages throughout the season, finishing the season with 334 passing yards and ran for 552 yards and seven touchdowns on 92 carries. After the conclusion of his college career, Rogers played in the 2022 East–West Shrine Bowl. Professional career. Rogers began practicing at tight end after the end of his final season at Ohio and played at tight end in the Shrine  Bowl.