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2026 Football Roster

30 Cairo Rhodes

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 230
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Grand Rapids, MI
  • High School Grand Rapids Christian

Biography

2025 SENIOR (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)
  • Appeared in 11 of 13 games
  • Recorded 3 tackles
  • Finished with one tackle at Kent State (11/19)
  • Made a career-high two tackles vs. Eastern Michigan (9/27).
2024 JUNIOR (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)
  • Did not appear in any games
2023 SOPHOMORE (COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS)
  • Earned First Team All-Academic honoree
  • Earned the SCFA Scholar-Athlete Award
  • Appeared in 7 games
  • Recorded 12 tackles
  • Helped lead the College of the Canyons Cougars to a 6-5 overall record and 5-2 league record.
2022 FRESHMAN (COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS)
  • Appeared in 6 games
  • Recorded 4 tackles and intercepted a pass for a six-yard return.
2021 FRESHMAN (WESTERN MICHIGAN)
  • Did not see the field during the pandemic-shortened, six-game campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL
  • A 2020 graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School, where he played one season of varsity football for head coach Don Fellows
  • Played cornerback in football
  • Guided his team to a state playoff berth as a senior
  • Also played basketball and competed in track and field
  • Earned All-Conference honors in basketball
  • Guided his team to a regional title in 2021 but it was stopped because of CoVID
  • Competed in the 100-meter dash, 4x100 relay, and high jump
  • Served as Class President and was a part of student congress at Grand Rapids Christian.
PERSONAL
  • Born Cairo Rhodes on September 25, 2001 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Son of Clifton and Africa Rhodes
  • Has a total of eight siblings, including five older brothers Devoun, Cinjin, Chosun, and Cahari, and three older sisters, Ciara, Jazmine, and Shayne
  • Father was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps 

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