Sports Director Del Rodgers will retire from KCRA 3 on Dec. 1, 2025, after 28 years with the station.

Rodgers, a San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl champion, joined KCRA 3 in 1997 after working at four other TV stations, including KSBW in his hometown of Salinas.

His tenure while at KCRA 3 included reporting trips to Sydney for the Olympics and multiple Super Bowls. He was most passionate about covering high school sports, which he did with the "Blitz 3" show before it was renamed "High School Playbook."

Earlier this year, he was inducted into the "Pig Bowl" Hall of Fame for his 30 years of dedication to the game. (Watch that moment in the video above.)

See below for more highlights from his career from our archives.

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