{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Derrick Rodgers | image = Derrick Rodgers DF-SD-04-00012 crop.JPEG | caption = Rodgers in 2002 | number = 59 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 230 | high_school = St. Augustine {{nowrap|(New Orleans, Louisiana)}} | college = Arizona State | draftyear = 1997 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 92 | pastteams = * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1997|2002}}) * New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2003|2004}}) | highlights = * Consensus All-American (1996) * First-team All-Pac-10 (1996) | statlabel1 = Tackles | statvalue1 = 532 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 9.0 | statlabel3 = Interceptions | statvalue3 = 4 | pfr = RodgDe20 }}
'''Derrick Andre Rodgers''' (born October 14, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Rodgers played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils, earning consensus All-American honors in 1996. A third-round pick in the 1997 NFL draft, he played professionally for the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints of the NFL.
==Early life== Rodgers was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended St. Augustine High School, a Roman Catholic school in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he played high school football for the St. Augustine Purple Knights.
==College career== He received an athletic scholarship to attend Arizona State University, and played for the Arizona State Sun Devils football team. As a senior in 1996, Rodgers was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a defensive lineman.
==Professional career== The Miami Dolphins selected Rodgers in the third round (92nd pick overall) of the 1997 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played for the Dolphins from {{NFL Year|1997}} to {{NFL Year|2002}}. He finished his NFL career playing for the New Orleans Saints in {{NFL Year|2003}} and {{NFL Year|2004}}. In eight NFL seasons, he played in 116 regular season games, started 111 of them, and compiled 507 tackles, nine quarterback sacks and four interceptions.
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Comb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 1997 !! MIA | 15 || 14 || 80 || 56 || 24 || '''5.0''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''3''' || 1 || 0 || 0 |- ! 1998 !! MIA | 16 || 16 || 47 || 26 || 21 || 2.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 1999 !! MIA | 16 || 15 || 39 || 23 || 16 || 0.0 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 5 || 0 || '''2''' || 0 || 0 |- ! 2000 !! MIA | 16 || 14 || '''89''' || '''64''' || 25 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2001 !! MIA | 14 || 14 || 71 || 44 || 27 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2002 !! MIA | 16 || 15 || 76 || 46 || '''30''' || 0.0 || '''2''' || 28 || 0 || 21 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2003 !! NOR | 15 || 15 || 75 || 57 || 18 || 0.0 || 1 || '''40''' || '''1''' || '''40''' || 0 || '''2''' || '''3''' || 0 |- ! 2004 !! NOR | 8 || 8 || 55 || 44 || 11 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 116 !! 111 !! 532 !! 360 !! 172 !! 9.0 !! 4 !! 73 !! 1 !! 40 !! 5 !! 5 !! 3 !! 0 |}
===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Comb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 1997 !! MIA | 1 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 1998 !! MIA | 2 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 2 || '''0.5''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 1999 !! MIA | 2 || 2 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2000 !! MIA | 2 || 2 || '''13''' || '''10''' || '''3''' || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 7 !! 6 !! 31 !! 23 !! 8 !! 0.5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{1996 NCAA Division I-A College Football Consensus All-Americans}} {{Dolphins1997DraftPicks}}
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