Washington Huskies running back Tylin ‘Tybo’ Rogers has been arrested and accused of raping two women in Seattle, while the school is being accused of allowing him to play in two playoff games after learning of at least one of the accusations.
Seattle police officers arrested Rogers, 18, on Friday and booked him into the King County Jail, KING-TV reported. He was charged Tuesday with second-degree rape and third-degree rape and his bond was set at $150,000 in each case, according to court documents.
It was not immediately known if Rogers, of Bakersfield, California, has an attorney who can comment on his behalf. Jail records show he was released on bond. Efforts by The Associated Press to contact him were not immediately successful.
Rogers has been suspended from all team activities until further notice, the University of Washington athletic department said in a statement Tuesday. The university will continue to collect data and cooperate with law enforcement as requested, the statement said.
A Seattle Central Community College student told police she was raped in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood last year. According to court documents, Rogers and the 19-year-old woman met and began messaging each other after matching on the dating app Tinder in August 2023. Rogers went to her apartment to hang out on Oct. 23 and assaulted her, according to court documents. .
Washington running back Tybo Rogers has been arrested and accused of raping two women.
Authorities said in court documents that the woman reported the alleged rape to police on Oct. 28 and completed a sexual assault kit at Harborview Medical Center.
A 22-year-old University of Washington student reported she was raped in November 2023 in the University District, police said.
The woman met Rogers at a college Halloween party and later matched with him on Tinder, according to court documents. Police said the two made plans a couple of weeks later to hang out and upon entering her apartment, Rogers was immediately forceful and assaulted her. The woman told police that at one point Rogers “used one of her hands to strangle her.”
The second woman reported the alleged rape at the university on Nov. 28, police said. Rogers allegedly called her on that date to confront her about her allegations, police said in court documents.
He was also suspended from team activities at the end of November 2023, according to court documents. The freshman running back did not travel with the team for its win over the Oregon Ducks in the Pac-12 championship game on Dec. 1.
At the time, offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb said during a news conference that Rogers was “working on some things, some challenges he’s had off the field,” according to court documents. Rogers returned to team practices in mid-December, according to the documents.
Washington’s first-year head coach Jedd Fisch quickly suspended Rogers after the arrest.
Several emails were also sent within the UW athletic department confirming that Rogers should be removed from the team’s travel list for the Pac-12 championship game, but no documentation was provided as to the reasons for such action, according to documents. However, he was allowed to appear in both of the Huskies’ College Football Playoff games a month later.
Rogers recorded five carries for 19 yards in the Huskies’ semifinal victory over the Texas Longhorns on January 1. The 18-year-old rushed for two yards in the National Championship Game against the Michigan Wolverines on January 8.
Washington was coached last season by Kalen DeBoer, who left after the national championship game to take the top job at Alabama. Jedd Fisch is now Washington’s head coach.
After practice Tuesday, Fisch told local media that Rogers’ suspension last year, or the reasons for it, had not been brought to his attention.
“I wasn’t here for that,” Fisch said. ‘As soon as I found out about the allegations, as soon as we were notified, he was suspended indefinitely. I have no comment on what happened in the past. That has nothing to do with me.’
Rogers, a highly rated running back from Bakersfield, California, rushed 44 times in 2023 for a total of 184 yards.
He has yet to score a touchdown at the college level.
Rogers is not related to Huskies quarterback Will Rogers.