MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Junior defensive back Gabriel Rogers (Jackson, Miss./Callaway HS/Jones County JC) was named the American Athletic Conference Special Teams Player of the Week, Monday. He is the second Tiger this season to earn the special team's weekly award after Adam Williams earned the honor two weeks ago.
In the second quarter of the conference opener against Navy, Memphis trailed 20-7. After a Navy touchdown that pushed the deficit to double-digits, Rogers took the ensuing kickoff (his first collegiate kickoff return) 99 yards for a touchdown. The kickoff return TD was the ninth in four seasons for Memphis, the most of any FBS school, and tied for the second-longest in program history.