University of Washington football player arrested and charged with raping two women

SEATTLE – A University of Washington football player has been arrested and charged with raping two women in Seattle. Court documents say he attended two College Football Playoff games for the school after the university became aware of at least one of the allegations.

Seattle police officers arrested 18-year-old Tylin “Tybo” Rogers on Friday and took him to King County Jail, KING-TV reported. According to court documents, he was charged Tuesday with second- and third-degree rape and his bond was set at $150,000 for each.

It was not immediately known whether Rogers, of Bakersfield, California, has an attorney who could comment on his behalf. Jail records show he was released on bail. Attempts by the Associated Press to contact him were not immediately successful.

Rogers has been suspended from all team activities until further notice, the University of Washington athletic department said in a statement Tuesday. The university will continue to gather facts and work with police as requested, the statement said.

A Seattle Central Community College student told police she was raped in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood last year. According to court documents, Rogers and the 19-year-old woman met and began messaging each other after matching on the dating app Tinder in August 2023. Rogers went to her apartment to hang out on Oct. 23 and attacked her, according to court documents.

Authorities said in court documents that the woman reported the alleged rape to police on Oct. 28 and filled out a sexual assault kit at Harborview Medical Center.

A 22-year-old University of Washington student reported being raped in the University District in November 2023, police said.

According to court documents, the woman met Rogers at a college Halloween party and then met him on Tinder. Police said the two planned to hang out a few weeks later and when Rogers entered her apartment, he immediately became violent and attacked her. The woman once told police that Rogers “used one of his hands to strangle her.”

The second woman reported the alleged rape to the university on Nov. 28, police said. Rogers allegedly called her that day to confront her about the allegations, police court documents say.

He was also suspended from team activities in late November 2023, according to court documents. The freshman running back did not travel with the team for its victory over the Oregon Ducks in the Pac-12 championship game on Dec. 1.

At the time, offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb said during a news conference that Rogers was “working through some things, some challenges that he had off the field,” court documents say. According to the documents, Rogers returned to team training in mid-December.

Multiple emails were also sent within the University of Washington's athletic department confirming that Rogers was to be removed from the team's travel schedule for the Pac-12 Championship Game, but no documentation was provided regarding the reasons for such action submitted, the documents say. However, a month later, he was allowed to appear in the Huskies' two College Football Playoff games.

Rogers recorded five carries for 19 yards in the Huskies' semifinal win over the Texas Longhorns on Jan. 1. The 18-year-old rushed for two yards in the National Championship Game against the Michigan Wolverines on January 8th.

Washington was coached last season by Kalen DeBoer, who left the team after the national championship game to take the head job at Alabama. Jedd Fisch is now Washington's head coach.

After Tuesday's practice, Fisch told local news media that nothing had been brought to his attention about Rogers' suspension last year or the reasons for it.

“That’s not what I was here for,” Fisch said. “When I learned of the allegations and they were brought to our attention, he was suspended indefinitely. I have no comment on what happened in the past. That does not have anything to do with me.”