22 Facts About Mike Rozier

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Michael T Rozier was born on March 1,1961 and is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the United States Football League for two seasons and the National Football League for seven seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Mike Rozier is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

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Mike Rozier attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, where he was a standout high school football player.

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Mike Rozier went largely unnoticed by most of the major college programs.

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Mike Rozier spent his freshman season at Coffeyville Junior College in Kansas, in order to get his grades up.

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Mike Rozier's progress was so pronounced that the talented and established Craig moved to fullback.

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Mike Rozier finished the 1982 season a consensus All-American and finished 10th in the Heisman voting.

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Mike Rozier's statistics were mind-boggling; a nation's best 2,486 total yards with 2,148 of those coming on the ground and twenty-nine touchdowns scored.

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Against Kansas, Mike Rozier rushed for a staggering 230 yards in the first half and finished with 285 rushing yards total, at that time a school record.

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Mike Rozier went over 200 yards in each of his last four regular-season games of the 1983 season.

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Mike Rozier had 138 yards on 21 carries at halftime against a Miami Hurricanes team with the second-ranked defense in football, but he had to leave in the third quarter following an ankle injury.

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Mike Rozier finished the game with 147 yards on 26 carries.

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Mike Rozier was selected by the Pittsburgh Maulers first overall in the 1984 USFL Draft.

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Mike Rozier played his first two professional seasons in the United States Football League, in 1984, with the Pittsburgh Maulers, and 1985, with the Jacksonville Bulls.

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In 1985 Mike Rozier played for the Jacksonville Bulls in the spring and the Houston Oilers in the fall.

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Mike Rozier was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the 1st round of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players, joining them in the fall of 1985.

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Mike Rozier played six seasons for the Oilers, amassing a total of 900 carries for 3171 yards, including a 1,002-yard rushing season in 1988.

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In 1990, Mike Rozier only played three games for the Oilers, rushing 10 times for a total of 42 yards, before being traded to the NFC's Atlanta Falcons, where he finished the year with 153 carries for 675 yards.

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Mike Rozier completed the 1991 season with 361 yards on 96 carries, announcing his retirement during the off-season.

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Mike Rozier finished his career with a total of 1159 carries for 4462 yards, having averaged 3.8 yards per carry, and scoring 30 touchdowns.

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Mike Rozier has been with his wife Rochelle, an attorney, for almost 20 years and married for more than 10 years.

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Mike Rozier has two other children, Amber and JaMichael Rozier, who reside in Houston, Texas.