Good News For Beaver Nation: James Rodgers Is Coming Back For One More Season

It was announced today that the Pac-10 conference has granted Oregon State wide receiver James Rodgers a fifth year of eligibility. 

He was injured in the game at Arizona this year and missed the rest of the season.  Because of that, he applied for a medical hardship and it was approved by the NCAA.

This is great news for Beavers fans.  The Beavers have a couple of decent up-and-coming receivers, but having Rodgers' experience and production back will be a lifesaver for the offense.  After all, Rodgers is Oregon State's career leader in all-purpose yards with 5,784.  In the 2009 season, he also had a school single season record 91 receptions and over 1,000 yards receiving. 

Coach Mike Riley was pretty happy to hear about Rodgers returning for one more year.  "We always believed that James met the requirements to gain a fifth year...But it is certainly nice to make everything official. James is a special person and a special player. I'm excited to get to work with him for another year."

Now all Oregon State needs is to have Jacquizz Rodgers commit to coming back and stop scaring them with his twitter account.

[ OregonLive ]