NC State WR Noah Rogers Talks 1st Year at Ohio St., Relationship with Dave Doeren & Competition in the WR Room

Redshirt Freshman Wide Receiver Noah Rogers met with the media after practice yesterday. He talked about his first year at Ohio State, how he’s adjusting in year 2, his relationship with Dave Doeren, and competition in the Wide Receiver Room.

You can watch the video ABOVE, or read the transcript BELOW.

In my one year at Ohio St., I learned how to grow faster. During that time, it just taught me to how to become a better man and player. I just learned different aspects about myself that I really wasn’t aware about. 

I learned a lot from Marvin Harrison Jr. On and off the field. Watching from afar, he’s a great player. Everything he does, I try to simulate, and see what I can do better. 

2nd College Fall Camp is a lot smoother. I feel like I know everything I’m doing now. Especially here, it’s clicking. I’ve just got to keep getting used to the pace of NC State’s offense. 

When I first met Coach Doeren, I was actually at Drake Thomas’ home visit. Lex and I were getting ready to go to a tournament in Florida. It’s pretty cool to see how far we’ve come in our relationship. Coach Doeren’s been great to me. 

It’s always a competition with the Wide Receivers. Out on the field, in the weight room, shoot, probably in the meeting room, just knowing all your information. It makes it very competitive. Especially having great receivers like KC (Kevin Concepcion), Wesley (Grimes) and Dacari (Collins) beside me. We have competition every day. We actually got one right now. Whoever drops the most balls has to get dumped in the cold tub. We’ve all got one drop so far. It’s always a competition. 

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Rogers transferred to NC State this offseason from Ohio State. He ultimately chose the Buckeyes over the Wolfpack coming out of Rolesville High School (Rolesville, NC).

ON3 rated Rogers as a 5-Star prospect in the the 2023 class, and the #26 overall player nationally, the #3 Wide Receiver and the #1 player in the state of North Carolina.

As a Senior at Rolesville, Rogers had 39 receptions for 799 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also returned a Kickoff for a TD. As a Junior, he had 70 receptions for 1,432 yards and 22 touchdowns. He also returned a Punt for a TD.

This past season at Ohio State, Rogers played in 4 games (14 snaps), but didn’t record any stats.

247Sports ranked him as the #39 overall player in the Transfer Portal this offseason, and the #6 Wide Receiver.