George Washington Rogers Jr. is an American former professional football player who was a running back for seven seasons in the National Football League from 1981 to 1987. He played college football f
Statue of Rogers outside Williams–Brice Stadium
1981 NFL draft
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The 1981 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was
George Rogers (American football)
…for the South Carolina Gamecocks, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning the Heisman Trophy in 1980. He was the first overall pick in the 1981 NFL draft, and he played for the New Orleans Saints and the Washington Redskins. Rogers was highly recruited out of Duluth High School where he played for legendary…
The former Sheraton Hotel (draft venue), photographed in 2010