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2021 Catamount Football Roster

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8 LA Rogers-Anderson

  • Position Nickelback
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 215
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Sumter, S.C.
  • High School Ridgeview HS

Biography

2021 (Senior): Saw action in seven games on the season with one start in the defensive secondary before being sidelined by injury over the final two games of the year ... Credited with 13 tackles including seven solo stops and one tackle for loss ... Had three tackles in the season-opener against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 4) ... Recorded a career-high eight total tackles against Samford (Sept. 18) with one going for a two-yard loss.

2020-21 (Junior): Played in seven games with five starts in the defensive secondary … Finished with 23 total tackles including 19 solo stops and three tackles for loss … Credited with a pair of quarterback hurries and a pair of pass break-ups … Made his WCU debut with a tackle assist at Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 21) … Posted his first tackle for loss at Furman (Feb. 20) in his first start for WCU … Credited with a season-best six solo tackles at Samford (Feb. 27) … Recorded four tackles with one for loss against VMI (March 6) … Had five tackles with four solo stops at ETSU (March 27).

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU prior to the 2020 fall semester from Western Kentucky ... Played two seasons -- 2016 and 2017 ... Appeared in all 12 games as a key special teams player on coverage and protection units as a sophomore where he was credited with three solo tackles ... Played in seven games on special teams as a true freshman. High School: Was a dual-role senior at Ridgeview High for head coach Perry Parks ... Finished his season for the Blazers with 869 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns to go along with 55 tackles and two interceptions culminating in an invitation to the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives North-South Bowl ... Helped his team to a second round appearance in the South Carolina Class 4A playoffs and earned All-Region 3 4A honors in the process ... Listed as a three-star prospect in the 247Sports composite rankings and was ranked as the No. 25 player in the state by 247Sports and the No. 4 safety in the state by Scout.com.

Personal: Name is Latheron "LA" Rogers-Anderson.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2020Junior

    Safety
    6'0" 200 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2021Junior

    Nickelback
    6'0" 215 lbs
    8