Del Rodgers 

Rodgers’ lightening speed and agility on the football field for North High earned him the nickname of Popcorn. Rodgers staged quite a show leading North High to the 1977 sec-

tion championship playoff series by scoring seven touchdowns in three games, capped by a 240-yard, 2-touchdown effort in the semifinal game. He moved on to the University of Utah where he was the university’s first-ever 1,000-yard rusher, and in 1981 tied the school record of 13 touchdowns in a season.  Rodgers was selected in the third round of the 1982 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he played for four years. He played for the San Francisco 49ers and was part of their 1989 Super Bowl Championship team.