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Chester Rogers , a native of Huntsville , Alabama , is an American football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League ( NFL ). He signed with the Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 2 , 2016 .
He earned the Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Grambling State University , where played college football . By his sophomore year , Rogers led the GSU Tiger Football Team in receptions . He served as Grambling ' s leading receiver in 2013 and 2014 .
Chester , a walk-on at Grambling , beat out four other undrafted rookie receivers for the final wide receiver spot on the roster with the NFL ’ s Indianapolis Colts .
In November 2016 , Rogers returned to Louisiana for the 43rd Bayou Classic with his family and a big check for the Chester Rogers Perseverance Scholarship Award he established for non-scholarship football players at Grambling State University .
Prentiss Smiley is from Homer , LA and is a graduate of the Grambling Laboratory High School . He is the President of the Earl Lester Cole Honors College and has maintained a 3.9 cumulative GPA . Prentiss is a double major in Computer Information Systems and History 4 + 1 . Upon graduating , he will have earned two bachelor degrees and the masters in social science with a concentration in history . Prentiss has been involved in a number of community service projects including building communities with Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center . Most recently , he worked with people over 50 to help them learn more about technology .
On the President ’ s List each semester since enrolling at GSU , Prentiss is a Lexus Verses and Flow HBCU Scholar , Thurgood Marshall College Fund / Wells Fargo Scholar , National Association of HBCU Title III Administrator , Inc . Scholar , SGA Senator , and the LA Legislative Black Caucus Top Scholarship Recipient . He is also a member of the Century Link Inaugural Class and the Center for Professional Development Inaugural Class .
Prentiss has earned internships with Data Today , a computer technology solutions business , the Biomedical Research Foundation ~ Entrepreneurial Acceleration Program and the AFRL Minority Leaders Program . He is a recipient of the Carter G . Woodson Award , the W . E . B . DuBois Undergraduate Paper Award , and the Organization of Parish Administrative Officials of the Police Jury Association of LA Scholarship . He was also an on-air personality and host of Good Morning Grambling on KGRM 91.5 FM .
Prentiss is an associate minister of Starlight Baptist Church in Swartz , LA , where his father is the pastor . Academic Viewbook Page 18