FILE – Texas linebacker Jaylan Ford tries to tackle Washington running back Tylin “Tybo” Rogers during the Sugar Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game, Jan. 1, 2024, in New Orleans. Rogers was arrested Friday, April 5, and charged Tuesday, April 9, with raping two women in Seattle. Court documents say he played in two College Football Playoff games for the school after the allegations were known to the university.
A Seattle Central Community College student told police she was raped in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood last year. According to court documents, Rogers and the 19-year-old woman met and started messaging each other after matching on the Tinder dating app in August 2023. Rogers went to her apartment to hang out on Oct. 23 and assaulted her, according to court documents.
The woman met Rogers at a Halloween party at the university and then matched with him on Tinder, according to court documents. Police said the two made plans a couple weeks later to hang out and that upon entering her apartment Rogers was immediately forceful and assaulted her. The woman told police at one point that Rogers “used one of his hands to strangle her.”
At the time, offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb said during a news conference that Rogers was “working through some things, some challenges he’s had off the field.” Rogers returned to team practices by mid-December, according to court documents. Washington was coached last season by Kalen DeBoer, who left following the national championship game to take the head job at Alabama.
“I can’t really comment on that or have anything to add,” he said in a regularly scheduled news conference Thursday.