Tracy Rocker was the AJC Lineman of the Year and a USA Today All-American in 1983 when he was a prized high school recruit as a defensive lineman for Atlanta’s Fulton High. He redshirted his freshman year at Auburn, and his next three seasons would leave him in Auburn lore forever. Rocker was a three-time first-team All-SEC player and a consensus All-American on the Tigers’ 1987 and 1988 SEC championship teams. In his final season with the Tigers, Rocker became the first player in SEC history to win the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy (nation’s best lineman) in the same year alongside the 1988 SEC Defensive Player of the Year award. Rocker’s Tigers held opponents to only 7.6 points per game that season. He was selected in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins. He was an All-Rookie selection in 1989, but would play only one more year in the NFL before finishing his playing career in the World Football League. He then turned to coaching in 1992 as the defensive coordinator at Auburn High School. He has since coached 11 teams over 30 years and is currently the defensive line coach for the Philadelphia Eagles. Rocker was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
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