Former Philadelphia Stars defensive end Adam Rodriguez was selected by the Houston Roughnecks in the disposal draft on Friday.
The Houston Gamblers were rebranded as the Roughnecks and placed in the USFL Conference. The Stars did not make the cut in the merger and therefore will not play in the UFL in 2024.
Adam Rodriguez is six foot two and weighs 245 pounds. The 25-year-old from Provo, Utah, had 27 tackles (18 solo, 9 assist), six tackles for loss, six sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and one pass breakup in ten games for the Stars in 2023.
He was named to the USFL All-Star Team. In two seasons with Philadelphia, Rodriguez has 67 tackles (46 solo, 21 assists), 14 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, three pass breakups, and one safety in 20 games.
The Stars drafted him in the second round of the 2022 USFL Supplemental Draft. In 2022, Rodriguez had 40 tackles (28 solo, 12 assists), eight tackles for loss, nine sacks, two forced fumbles, two pass breakups, and one safety in ten games.
Before Philadelphia, he was with the TSL’s Blues in 2021. Collegiately, Rodriguez played four seasons (2016-19) at Weber State with 199 tackles (98 solo, 101 assists), 22 sacks, 41 tackles for loss, ten pass breakups, one forced fumble, and three fumble recoveries in 52 games for the Wildcats. He is a two-time All-American.
