A native of Fairfield, Texas, Rose attended Fairfield High School. Played running back and defensive back. Named the Associated Press Sports Editors Class 3A Offensive Player of the year and was a First Team All-State selection as a senior. Rushed for 2,924 yards on 237 carries and had 49 touchdowns as a senior. Also caught nine passes for 114 yards and three scores as a senior. Helped guide team to the state championship game, a 15–1 record and a No. 19 team ranking in Texas. Tallied 3,152 all-purpose yards on the season. Defensively, racked up seven tackles, six pass break-ups and an interception. Amassed 11 games with three or more touchdowns, including one game with six touchdowns. As a junior, ran for 857 yards and nine touchdowns and collected 954 all-purpose yards. Tallied 18 tackles, a tackle for loss, six pass break-ups, an interception, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a blocked field goal.
College career
New Mexico State University
2014 season
Rose III became the starting running back for the Aggies as a true freshman. He Played in 10 games and had eight starts. Rushed for 1,102 yards on 186 attempts and scored nine rushing touchdowns. Collected 1,274 all-purpose yards for an average of 127.4 to rank fourth in the Sun Belt. Ranked seventh in the league in scoring with an average of 6.0 points per game. Averaged 5.9 yards per carry and 110.2 yards per game, which ranked third in the Sun Belt. Was the first NM State player to eclipse the 1,000-yard rushing mark since 2011 and was the first freshman to accomplish this feat since 1995. Had a career-high 229 rushing yards on 35 carries against Louisiana-Monroe. One of just six players in the conference to rush for more than 200 yards. Career-long run of 80 yards came at Arkansas State. Added 172 yards on 23 receptions with one touchdown. He was named an honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference.
2015 season
Played in 12 games and started each. Selected to the Associated Press All-America Third Team. Led conference with 1,651 rushing yards and had 14 touchdowns on 240 attempts. Was first back-to-back 1,000-yard rusher for NM State since Denvis Manns. Named Sun Belt ConferenceOffensive Player of the Year, first time for an Aggie since Manns was named Big West Offensive Most-Valuable Player in 1998. Broke all-time single season rushing record for NM State during week 10. Finished season ranked No. 6 all-time single season rushing records for Sun Belt Conference. Garnered an average of 6.9 yards per carry. Earned back-to-back Offensive Student-Athlete of the Week Awards. Racked up three 200-yard rushing games and seven 100-yard rushing games. Amassed 1,934 all-purpose yards to lead SBC. Had a career-high four touchdowns against Idaho with two in final 3:56 of game and one in overtime. Ran for a career-high 260 yards against New Mexico, the most rushing yards by a conference player in the season. Had 212 rushing yards against Idaho and 207 rushing yards at Texas State ; Only conference player to have more than one 200-yard rushing performances. Amassed a conference-high 292 all-purpose yards against Texas State. Garnered 1,115 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on 178 carries in conference play. Had five 100-yard rushing games during league play. Racked up 228 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 24 receptions in conference games. Had 1,343 all-purpose yards in league games.
2016 season
Missed the first three games of the season due to injury before starting the final nine games. Led the team with 865 rushing yards for an average of 5.4 per carry. Tied for the team lead with four touchdowns on the ground. Averaged 96 yards rushing per game. Four 100-yard rushing games, including a season-high 170 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the season finale at South Alabama. 25 receptions for 180 yards. Season-high five catches at No. 9 Texas A&M. Rose cemented his place in Aggie history by helping the team end its 57-year bowl drought in 2017. He caught a team-high six passes for 48 yards and ran for 142 yards and a touchdown, leading NM State to a 26-20 win against Utah State in the 2017 NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl.
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Professional career
Tennessee Titans
Rose III signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2018. On May 14, 2018, Rose was waived by the Titans.
On May 15, 2018, Rose was claimed off waivers by the Los Angeles Rams. He was waived on June 18, 2018. He was re-signed on August 28, 2018, only to be waived four days later on September 1.
Rose signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League on February 25, 2019. He was released on April 24, but re-signed on April 29. He was released before the start of the regular season on June 9, but was re-signed on September 4. He was moved down to the practice roster on September 20, and was released on September 24.
Rose was drafted in the 5th round of the 2020 XFL Draft to the Los Angeles Wildcats. He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.
