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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 he 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.
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