Coach | 2027 RB Isaiah Rogers Will Only Get Better
The size and speed are obvious when you look at Isaiah Rogers, but if you ask Bill Watson about the 2027 Massachusetts running, the Springfield Central High School head coach points elsewhere first.
“Work ethic,” Watson says of the 5-foot-10, 190-pound freshman. “The work ethic is tremendous. He's a very focused kid. He's consistent. He's the same person every day and he's not looking for rewards when he's working and then he's extremely talented.”
Rogers has already grabbed early offers from Boston College, Syracuse, Mississippi State and UMass.
Notre Dame has been working to get Rogers on campus for a camp sometime next month and it’s something Rogers has expressed a genuine interest in making happen.
“You talk about a kid who’s breaking records here in track as a freshman,” Watson says.
“Last year in football, we were pretty set at the running back position and he forced us to play; in practice, just being explosive and physical every day,” Watson continues. “He was good every day at practice, so we had to play him. He did a great job. He's a great kid. He's just special. He's special.”
Rogers backed up some of his track times by running a sub-4.6 laser-timed 40 at a New Jersey camp earlier this month.
And he still has plenty of room to get better, according to his coach.
“He's going to improve a lot because right now his strength is his physical ability,” says Watson. “As his IQ and his feel for the game increases...right now, he's the type of kid who'll just put his pads down and bust through the hole. We want to get his vision to where he can see things and he's setting things up to make the game easier for him.
“He's very coachable. He's very hungry to be great and he's got the most important things. The hardest things to teach, he's got those tools already in the box; the speed and the size and all of those things. We've just got to do our job here and he should be phenomenal.”
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