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{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}
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{{Use American English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Del Rodgers
| image         = Del Rodgers.jpg
| number        = 35, 25
| position      = [[Running back (American football)|Running back]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1960|06|22}}
| birth_place   = [[Tacoma, Washington]], U.S.
| height_ft     = 5
| height_in     = 10
| weight_lb     = 210
| high_school   = [[North Salinas High School|North Salinas]] <br> ([[Salinas, California]])
| college       = [[Utah Utes football|Utah]]
| draftyear     = 1982
| draftround    = 3
| draftpick     = 71
| pastteams     =
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1982|1985}})
* [[San Francisco 49ers]] ({{NFL Year|1987|1988}})
| highlights    =
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXIII|XXIII]])
| statlabel1    = [[Carry (gridiron football)|Rushing yards]]
| statvalue1    = 315
| statlabel2    = Average
| statvalue2    = 3.8
| statlabel3    = [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue3    = 16
| statlabel4    = Return yards
| statvalue4    = 1,735
| statlabel5    = Return TDs
| statvalue5    = 1 
| pfr           = RodgDe00
}}

'''Rodrick Del Rodgers''' (born June 22, 1960) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Utah Utes football|Utah Utes]] and was the first 1,000 yard rusher in the school's history. Rodgers was selected by the [[Green Bay Packers]] in the third round of the [[1982 NFL draft]].  He was hired by KCRA 3 in 1997.

==Pro football career==

From 1982 to 1985, Rodgers played for the Packers.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RodgDe00.htm | website = Pro-Football-Reference.com | access-date = December 12, 2023 | title = Del Rodgers Stats }}</ref> On December 9, 1984, he made a 97-yard kick return for a touchdown against the [[Chicago Bears]], which remains a Soldier Field Record by an opponent that still stands today. After a one-year absence from the league because of an injury, he made a come back and played two years with the [[San Francisco 49ers]] from 1987 to 1988, earning a Super Bowl championship for the 1988 season.

==Sports broadcasting==

In 1985, Rodgers’ first television foray was when he joined KMST-TV in [[Monterey, California|Monterey, CA]]. Later on he joined [[KSBW|KSBW-TV]] in [[Salinas, California|Salinas, CA]]. He then moved on to KIRO-TV in [[Seattle|Seattle, WA]] before joining [[WXIA-TV]] in [[Atlanta]].

Del Rodgers is the Sports Director at [[KCRA-TV|KCRA]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento, CA]].
He joined the KCRA 3 Sports department in 1997. Del, who is well loved and respected, was promoted to sports director after three years.  He currently anchors the sportscasts Monday through Friday.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.kcra.com/news-team/3e770e6a-154e-466d-ba74-77164137931c | title = Del Rodgers | access-date = December 12, 2023 | website = KCRA.com }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Green Bay Packers 1982 NFL draft picks}}
{{Super Bowl XXIII}}

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