'12 IA QB Charles Rogers

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Charles Rogers of Iowa City West escapes from Dubuque Hempstead's Jordan Waddick during the first half at Iowa City West High School in Iowa City on Friday, August 28, 2009.

West High quarterback Charles Rogers, left, looks for a way around Cedar Rapids Washington defenders Michael Daughtery (40), Joel Gasway (56) and Saxon Dolan (13) while offensive lineman Jacob Gannon, right, tries to block during the first half of their game Thursday at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids.

Iowa City (IA) West

Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 170 lbs
Forty: 4.5 seconds

Wahlert lays goose-egg against IC West | IowaPrepSports.com

West took a first-quarter lead when quarterback Charles Rogers connected with wide receiver Tayler Bontrager on a 77-yard pass down the left sideline with 2 minutes, 26 seconds left.

Two offensive possessions later, Rogers took a low snap, dodged a handful of Wahlert defenders and sprinted in for an 11-yard touchdown to pace West to a 14-0 lead.

"We didn't play a perfect game, but we won 35-0," Sauser said. "Charlie Rogers and Tayler made a couple of big plays early in the game, and Charlie got things going with his feet again which really helped us out. We kind of felt if we got up early, we'd be OK."

Trojans sputter in second half | press-citizen.com | Iowa City Press Citizen

City High's A.J. Derby may steal the attention, but West High has a star in the making behind center as well. Rogers, a sophomore, shined on the Trojans' next possession. On third-and-12 Rogers drilled a 17-yard pass to Bontrager. A few plays later, on third-and-13, Rogers rolled right and hit Bontrager again for 18. After rushing for another first down, Rogers' magic finally ran out when a third-and-11 pass skipped short of Bontrager, killing the drive at the Xavier 39.

Scout $

Was at the Wisconsin game.

BN $ - Future Buckeye Quarterback?

10/20

By BK...Rogers' coach talks about how he progressed from DB to part-time QB to the full-time starting QB...his coach thinks he would jump at the opportunity to play at OSU...Iowa State has verbally offered.

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He drove from Iowa to Columbus for the Wisconsin game, which was played the same day as Iowa hosted mich. in primetime. That should probably show you how interested he is in OSU and that he's open to leaving the state.