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Former Mississippi State QB Will Rogers joins Oklahoma State coaching staff
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- Former Mississippi State QB Will Rogers joins Oklahoma State coaching staff
The Oklahoma State offensive coaching staff got a boost this offseason, as coach Eric Morris confirmed this week the addition of former college quarterback Will Rogers to the staff.
Rogers spent four seasons at Mississippi State (2020-23) and one season at Washington (2024) and put together one of the top careers in the sport's history. He threw for 14,773 yards – which ranks ninth in college football history – and 108 touchdowns across five seasons.
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Now, Rogers has a role on the offensive staff, Morris said Tuesday, and it sounds as if he will be helping out coaching quarterbacks with offensive coordinator/QB coach Sean Brophy and assistant QB coach Kevin Kilmer.
"That's a position I don't have to worry about," Morris said. "I can leave installing the offensive staff, and I know we've been around each other for so long. Now, naturally I wanted somebody under Coach Brophy, so we inserted Kevin Kilmer as a guy that's here that was with us at Texas Tech. Super sharp. Called plays a ton. And we've got Will Rogers, the old quarterback at Mississippi State."
Rogers is the all-time passing leader for the Bulldogs with 12,315 yards, nearly 3,000 yards ahead of second-place Dak Prescott , the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys . Rogers also threw for 94 touchdowns, owns 30 MSU all-time passing records and is the only QB in SEC history with more than 1,000 career completions (1,301).
The addition of Rogers also adds another connection to Morris' offensive scheme and background. Rogers played for the late Bulldogs coach Mike Leach from 2020-22, who Morris also played under at Texas Tech.
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Morris has often kept young, rising coaches on staff, especially those who have a connection to his offense.
Brophy was a former quarterback for Morris at Incarnate Word, and he's been part of Morris' staff since 2021, including the past three as QB coach. Brophy has watched Morris develop players like Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward and OU quarterback John Mateer.
Kilmer became a Texas Tech student assistant for Leach in 2007, during Morris' playing days as a Red Raider, and he stayed on staff in Lubbock in various roles until 2015. Kilmer then became a co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Bowling Green before spending the past seven years as an OC and QB coach at Angelo State.
Rogers didn't play for Morris, but he knows how to sling the ball around in an Air Raid-style offense. He's a young, recent quarterback who could be beneficial to OSU starting QB Drew Mestemaker and can help develop freshmen Broderick Vehrs and Luke Tepas. Morris said he's made it a point to keep smart coaches and up-and-comers underneath him on staff, and Rogers is now part of that formula.
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"I think that keeping those guys that are young and eager to learn, and then at some point, I've got to trust those guys to do their jobs," Morris said. "The formula, that kind of happened naturally, has seemed to work out pretty nicely."
