Rodriguez attended Montwood High School in El Paso, Texas and lettered in both football and basketball.
He was a standout running back for Montwood and was the El Paso Times Offensive Player of the Year as well as All City first team for the 1999 season.
[3] He was the defensive captain of the 2004 UTEP team that was ranked in the AP Top 25 for multiple weeks during the 2004 season and that played the University of Colorado in the EV1.net Houston Bowl.
In 2001, Rodriguez was voted 1st team Freshman All-America Linebacker by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).
[4] Rodriguez signed with the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League in April 2005 as an undrafted free agent.
[6] Rodriguez has been inducted into the inaugural Montwood High School Ring of Honor in 2006 and into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame in 2018.