Tennessee Tech receiver Da’ick Rogers runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis in this Feb. 24, 2013, file photo.
Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray looks for a receiver.KNOXVILLE – Two former Tennessee football players were taken in the final four rounds of the NFL draft Saturday.
It’s another pair of former Volunteers who went undrafted that will gain most of the attention.
Indianapolis and Oakland took defensive tackle Montori Hughes and tight end Mychal Rivera with fifth- and sixth-round picks, but quarterback Tyler Bray and receiver Da’Rick Rogers, who played at Calhoun (Ga.) High School and finished his college career at Tennessee Tech following his dismissal from Tennessee, were undrafted.
Though not one of the 28 receivers taken in the draft, Rogers signed a free-agent deal with the Buffalo Bills, where he’ll join Robert Woods, the Southern California receiver with whom Rogers trained for the draft in California.
Projected as a fourth-round pick by ESPN analyst Mel Kiper, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Rogers was All-SEC as a Tennessee sophomore in 2011, but failed drug tests and other disciplinary problems ultimately led to his dismissal. He caught 61 passes for 893 yards and 10 touchdowns last season for Tech.