Tylin “Tybo” Rogers, the former Washington running back currently awaiting trial for the alleged rapes of two women, is no longer listed on UW’s online roster. A team spokesperson told The Seattle Times on Wednesday that Rogers “is no longer part of the football program.”
Rogers was suspended indefinitely by Washington and coach Jedd Fisch on April 5, the day he was arrested at Graves Hall on UW’s campus. He pleaded not guilty to felony second- and third-degree rape charges during his arraignment on April 18 and was released after posting 10% of his $300,000 bail.
Rogers was still listed on the online roster until this week.
Rogers and another former UW football player, Diesel Gordon, are also involved in a separate misdemeanor assault and property destruction case after police say the pair spit on and physically assaulted a bicyclist in the University District. The trial for that charge is set for July 8.
Robert Flennaugh II, Rogers’ attorney, told reporters outside the courtroom that “there are a lot of issues, and we’re going to address them in court.”
Rogers is charged with raping one of the women, a Seattle Central College student, in her Capitol Hill apartment on the evening of Oct. 23, according to the charging documents. They met through the Tinder dating app in August, and the woman agreed to let Rogers come visit her apartment, though she told him she was not interested in having sex, records show.
She filed a Title IX report with the university in late November, coinciding with Rogers’ suspension from team activities, which police investigators believe was connected to the filing of the report, according to court documents.
Rogers was not present for the Pac-12 Championship Game in Las Vegas on Dec. 1. He returned to practice Dec. 15, court documents show. Rogers played in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 and the College Football Playoff Championship Game a week later.
The second woman contacted police Feb. 23, alleging Rogers raped her sometime between Halloween and Thanksgiving. The woman, a UW undergraduate student, said she met Rogers at a Halloween party and agreed to let him meet her at her apartment in the University District after matching on Tinder, according to court records.
She told police that Rogers was immediately forceful upon entering, throwing her on the bed and ripping her clothes, according to a police report. He allegedly assaulted her for about 20 minutes, and at one point choked her despite her repeatedly yelling at him to stop, according to court documents.
At his arraignment last month, one of Rogers’ alleged victims submitted a written statement that read, “He didn’t even give me the opportunity to consent, he just wanted to aggressively hurt me.”
Rogers was suspended indefinitely following his arrest, but he remained on the roster despite not participating for the rest of spring football.
According to Washington’s student-athlete handbook, a coach is allowed to cancel a player’s athletic scholarship during the next academic quarter once the player enters the transfer portal. Gordon, for example, entered the transfer portal on April 26, making his scholarship available as the Huskies continue to rebuild their roster.
