Justin Rodriguez

CAREER AT STETSON AT A GLANCE 12 GAMES | 26 TACKLES | 1 INTERCEPTION 15 SOLO • 11 ASSISTS • 1 FORCED FUMBLE • 1 PASS BREAKUP Appeared in all 12 games... Recorded 26 tackles, including 15 solo stops and 11 assists... Added one interception, one pass breakup, one forced fumble and one blocked kick... Returned one punt for 12 yards... Recorded a season-high nine tackles against St. Thomas... Finished with four tackles at Presbyterian and three at Valparaiso... Intercepted a pass against Morehead State and returned it 25 yards... Recorded a 12-yard punt return against Warner... Named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll... Earned Dean's List honors for the Spring 2025 semester. 2025 DEFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS 26 Tackles • 1 Interception • 1 Forced Fumble Season-high 9 tackles vs. St. Thomas • 25-yard interception return vs. Morehead State • 1 blocked kick Did not see game action. Spent two years at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, from 2022-24... Played four years of varsity football at South Miami Senior High School under head coach Arties Knight... Served as a team captain for three seasons... Named South Miami's 2022 Male Athlete of the Year and was a Miami-Dade County Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year nominee... Received the school's Best All-Around Football Player award... Finished his high school career with 91 tackles, 45 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, six pass deflections, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries... Also competed in track and field for two years and was named the program's Best All-Around Track & Field Athlete. PREP HIGHLIGHTS 2022 South Miami Male Athlete of the Year 91 tackles • 45 tackles for loss • 14 sacks • 5 forced fumbles • Three-year team captain Graduated summa cum laude... Cambridge Diploma recipient... Finished in the top five percent of his class with a 4.5 weighted GPA... Honor roll student... Maintained perfect attendance for 14 consecutive years... Served as vice president of 3000 Role Models... Also worked as a student athletic trainer. Justin Rodriguez was born on July 8, 2004... Son of Daymire Marrero and Luis Rodriguez... Has three brothers, Luis, Abdiel and Jayden... Majoring in management... Aspires to play professional football before using his degree to pursue a career with a professional sports organization. WHY STETSON? "Was the best place for me to succeed on and off the field while also being able to be closer to home."