Washington Huskies Let Player Play in CFP Despite Accusations of Horrifying Crimes

Washington Huskies running back Tylin “Tybo” Rogers was accused of being involved in two rape cases that took place before the end of the 2023 football season.

Rogers was arrested by the Seattle Police Department Friday and charged with second-degree and third-degree rape, both of which had bail set for $150,000. Rogers has already posted bail and been suspended from Washington team activities.

Washington Huskies RB Tybo Rogers allegedly committed two separate crimes

The first crime allegedly committed by Rogers took place in October 2023. A Seattle Central Community College Student claimed Rogers raped her after matching with her on Tinder back in August of 2023.

According to court documents, Rogers allegedly came to her apartment, ignored her requests for him to stop and made her do a “sexual act” for 10 minutes. Those same documents say that the victim in question reported the incident on Oct. 28, 2023, and took a sexual assault exam. She posted the accusation on social media after the incident.

Here’s the allegation against Tybo Rogers we published in early December. At the time of the post, this was not an anonymous accuser. She posted this to her Twitter and pinned it. pic.twitter.com/ohzU5wXCLV

— 🏝Kev 🏄🏻‍♂️ 🇺🇸 🇪🇹 (@425Kev) April 10, 2024

Court documents say that Rogers allegedly met the second victim, a 22-year-old Washington student, at a Halloween frat party and subsequently matched with her on Tinder. Rogers allegedly became “immediately forceful” after meeting her at her apartment.

According to court documents, he then assaulted her for 20 minutes. The woman claimed Rogers “used one of his hands to strangle her.” According to police, the crime was reported to Washington’s Title IX Office on Nov. 28, 2023.

The Washington Huskies seemingly knew of the accusations against Tybo Rogers and still let him play in the College Football Playoff

Authorities say the Washington Huskies suspended Tybo Rogers from team activities in November of 2023. He was not with the team for their Pac-12 Championship win over the Oregon Ducks that took place on Dec.  1. In an article from Sports Illustrated, offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb explained why Rogers wasn’t with the team at the time.

“We’re working through some things, some challenges he’s had off the field,” UW offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb said.

“He’s doing what we’re asking him to do,” Grubb said. “We have to keep moving forward and keep mentoring him and getting him better. He’s had a good attitude through this and there are some things that are a little bit out of his control that he’s trying to work through and we’re trying to work through with him.”

“Tybo’s done a great job of being here, listening to directions and working through this moment,” Grubb said.

Rogers was previously suspended after breaking a team rule that didn’t allow him to participate in the early-season games against the Boise State Broncos and the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes.

A suspension in November would imply that the team knew about the accusations made against Rogers and let him come back to the team to play in the College Football Playoff anyway.

While Rogers was a third-string back with minimal contributions throughout the season, starting running back Dillon Johnson dealt with injury throughout the entire CFP. This injury could be why the coaches overlooked the accusations against Rogers, considering the chance that they would’ve needed him to step in was much higher.

The current suspension placed on Rogers comes from new head coach Jedd Fisch. Fisch claims that as soon as he knew of the allegations, he made sure Rogers was suspended indefinitely. He was adamant about making sure that it was known that he was not a part of the program when head coach Kalen DeBoer decided to let Rogers play in the CFP.

Huskies head coach Jedd Fisch said they suspended RB Tybo Rogers the moment they found out about the rape allegations after taking over when Kalen DeBoer left. Here’s his response to the situation today at practice.

*I am not the reporter who asked these follow up questions.* pic.twitter.com/iMrL8ccEIz

— Alyssa Charlston (@Alyssacharlston) April 10, 2024

Washington Huskies fans are ashamed of Tybo Rogers’ association with the program

Washington fans were already unhappy with the previous regime led by Kalen DeBoer because they left after the first bit of success. DeBoer, now the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, is undergoing more scrutiny from Washington fans due to how he handled Rogers’ situation.

This is INSANE.

Tybo Rogers raped TWO different women TWO different times, UW knew about it, & still let him play in the CFP.

This is sickening & disheartening on SO many levels.

How was this not covered by media earlier? How was he ever allowed to play again?!? https://t.co/0vq2oCFYRk

— Shaun / Pac-12 Superfan (@futurecoug) April 10, 2024

Tybo Rogers with (2) rape charges AND was allowed to play under DeBoer despite it being public knowledge (accuser went public).

Scummy all around. https://t.co/O31MkasWgT

— Chris Moxley (@ChrisMoxley19) April 10, 2024

I have a feeling Kalen DeBoer is going to be getting some University of Washington questions again soon with all this recent Tybo Rogers news. Innocent until proven guilty, but two instances in less than two months? What caused DeBoer to clear him to return?

— Dawgsbest (@DAWGSBEST) April 9, 2024

Fire Kalen DeBoer (and Tybo Rogers) into the sun. https://t.co/eqyIVYwF3x

— David Woods (@daviddavidwoods) April 10, 2024

DeBoer and his staff let Rogers play despite seemingly knowing of the situation. Their third-string running back accounted for six carries and 21 yards over the two CFP games.

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