Glenn Edward Rogers, Jr. (born June 8, 1969) is a former football player in the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

(CFL) for seven years. He also played one season in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL). He played college football at Memphis State University, now known as the

University of Memphis } The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students. The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering, the Center for Ea ...

, from 1987 to 1991 as a

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

Football career

Rogers played

for three different teams, mainly for the Edmonton Eskimos from 1993 to 1999. He was a CFL All-Star three times and was part of a

Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing in the namesake championship of professional Canadian football. The game is contested be ...

winning team for the Eskimos. He also played for the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South divisio ...

in 1991 for only one season. The Grey Cup is the Canadian equivalent to the NFL Super Bowl. Rogers is a teacher/coach for Memphis University School in Memphis, TN. He is also the assistant to the director of admissions at MUS. Rogers is married to Tonette Rogers and has two children named Kendrick and Mya.

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1969 births Living people BC Lions players American football defensive backs Canadian football defensive backs Edmonton Elks players Memphis Tigers football players Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee Players of Canadian football from Memphis, Tennessee Saskatchewan Roughriders players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Orlando Thunder players {{Canadianfootball-defensiveback-stub