Roger Rosengarten is so naturally talented, the big University of Washington tackle could play for just about anyone across the college football landscape.
While ever so diplomatic on this subject, the Colorado native says he much prefers Kalen DeBoer's coaching staff currently in place in Montlake and its almost maniacal attention to detail.
For Rosengarten, it's the little things that make all the difference for him in enjoying his ongoing Husky football experience to the fullest.
"It all starts from up top, the head guys, and what they pay attention to, when it comes to on-field stuff, off-field stuff," Rosengarten said. "It doesn't matter how cohesive your group is as an offensive line. It's definitely different from the old staff to the new staff."
In making his point, Rosengarten provided a ready example that differentiated Jimmy Lake's staff from DeBoer and Company — the sophomore has gone from working out in a chronically dirty weight room to one that's always pristine.
To him, this sort of thing makes a huge difference in getting himself mentally ready to succeed and everyone feeling good about themselves. He notes how the younger linemen are expected to learn the playbook right away, which wasn't the case before.
"You walk into the organization room, with all the different weights, the fun toys in the weight room, and [with] the last staff, it was all messy," Rosengarten said. "I don't know what went into that. I could tell with this staff, everything's spot on. It's very organized. Everything within the weight room is organized, when it comes to food, diets, making sure everyone get checked off."
With the season opener against Boise State just two weeks away, tackles Troy Fautanu and Rosengarten are the only returning starters on a rebuilt UW offensive line. Rosengarten thinks everyone will bond together sooner than later, that spring ball and fall camp should be more than enough time to build the necessary cohesiveness that will involve new starters in guards Nate Kalepo and Julius Buelow and center Matteo Mele.
Naturally a good-sized person for what he does on the football field, Rosengarten is notably chiseled around the waist as he enters his fourth season at the UW looking to be better than ever after being named a Freshman All-America selection by multiple organizations in 2022. Again, it's all in the details.
"I weighed in at 309 the other day," he said, packing his pounds proportionally on a 6-foot-6 frame. "This is probably the heaviest I've ever weighed, but the trimmest I've ever looked, for sure."
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