CFL: 7th season

Stamps: 7th season

Games played through 2023

Regular season: 68

Playoffs: 4

Grey Cup: 0

Acquired                                                                                                                                                    

Signed as a free agent on May 24, 2017.

Pro path

• 2016 – Signed as undrafted free agent with New York Giants (NFL) on May 6. He was released on Aug. 30

2024

(Calgary) Rose has played 15 games and made 15 starts at defensive tackle. He has 16 defensive tackles including two tackles for loss as well as six sacks and an interception that he returned 83 yards for his first career touchdown. Rose had a pair of sacks in a Week 9 victory over the Toronto Argonauts.

2023

(Calgary) Rose played and started all 18 regular-season games at defensive tackle and was voted a West Division and league all-star for a third consecutive season. He led all CFL defensive tackles and set a career high by registering 11 sacks. His stat totals also included 24 tackles, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Rose had two-sack games in Week 6 at Saskatchewan and Week 17 at Hamilton. In late June and early July, he recorded at least one sack in four consecutive games. Rose was a starter in the Western Semi-Final at BC and had one tackle.

2022

(Calgary) Rose made 17 starts at defensive tackle on the way to repeating as both a West Division and league all-star. He was part of a defensive unit that led the CFL in sacks and was ranked first in the division and second in the league with just 89.1 rushing yards allowed per game. Rose was second on the team with seven sacks and added 25 tackles including four tackles for loss as well as one special-teams tackle, one forced fumble and one interception. Rose’s interception in Week 1 against Montreal was the first pick of his CFL career and he also blocked a field goal in that contest. He started the Western Semi-Final and had one tackle and one sack.

2021

(Calgary) Rose made 13 starts in 13 games played at defensive tackle and recorded 24 tackles including three tackles for loss, seven sacks and three knockdowns. His sack total was tops in the CFL among interior linemen and he was Calgary’s nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player as well as a West Division all-star. Rose had a pair of sacks in a Week 10 victory at Saskatchewan and two more in a Week 13 win at Ottawa. In the Western Semi-Final, he made four defensive tackles.

2020

(Calgary) Rose was under contract with the Stampeders but the season was cancelled because of the global pandemic.

2019

(Calgary) Rose started all 18 regular-season games for the Stamps and led all CFL interior linemen with 46 defensive tackles. That total included five tackles for loss and he also had five sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and four special-teams tackles. His first CFL sack came in a Week 4 contest in Saskatchewan and he had his first two-sack performance in Week 15 at Toronto. Rose also started the Western Semi-Final and recorded one defensive tackle.

2018

(Calgary) Rose played and started one game, a Week 14 contest in Hamilton. He recorded three tackles including one tackle for loss.

2017

(Calgary) Rose played one game, making his CFL debut in Week 20 against Winnipeg, and recorded two defensive tackles.

Notables

First game: Nov. 3, 2017, vs Winnipeg

Frist sack: July 6, 2019, at Saskatchewan

First interception: June 9, 2022, vs Montreal

First touchdown: Sept. 9, 2024, at Edmonton (83-yard interception return)

League leader: Led interior linemen with 46 tackles in 2019

League leader: Led interior linemen with seven sacks in 2021

Honoured: Calgary’s nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player in 2021

West Division all-star: 2021, 2022, 2023

CFL all-star: 2021, 2022, 2023

College                                                                                                                                                 

Rose appeared in 51 games over four seasons (2012-15) at North Carolina State. He recorded 121 tackles, 34 tackles for loss, 17 sacks and four forced fumbles for the Wolfpack. As a freshman, Rose blocked a punt which led to the game-winning touchdown against the third-ranked Florida State Seminoles.

Personal

Rose was a three-year captain at Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, S.C. He also saw time on the offensive side of the ball in high school, registering four rushing touchdowns for the Rams.