Unfortunately DeBartolo and team president Paul Martha essentially tried to make Rozier a one-man show in Pittsburgh, putting talented but not superior talent around him on the offense.  Rozier would rush for 792 yards with the Maulers, scoring only 3 touchdowns for a team that would win only 3 games - two of which came at the expense of the hapless Washington Federals.  The Maulers folded after 1984, and while other players were made available to USFL teams via a dispersal draft, Rozier had signed a personal services contract with DeBartolo that let DeBartolo sell his contract to the highest bidder - which turned out to be the Jacksonville Bulls.  It was there that Rozier showed flashes of his collegiate ability, rushing for 1,361 yards and 12 touchdowns on 320 carries and helping the Bulls raise their record to 9-9-0 following a maiden 6-12-0 campaign in 1984.

Released by the Bulls after the outcome of USFL v. NFL, Rozier went to the NFL's Houston Oilers, where he would spend the next six seasons but never lived up to his Heisman hype - though he did rush for 957 yards in 1987 and cracked the 1,000-yard mark in 1988.  In 1990 he moved on to the Atlanta Falcons, playing 24 games there before hanging up his jersey for good after the 1991 season.  His pro career rushing total over 9 seasons was 6,615 yards, less than 2,000 yards more than what he'd gained at Nebraska in a third as many seasons.

Today Rozier lives in Sicklerville, New Jersey.  In 2006 he was honored with induction into the College Football Hall of Fame and the #30 he wore as a Cornhusker has since been retired.  Rozier's career yardage total, single season yards from 1983, his career 26 100-yard rushing games, and 11 consecutive 100-yard games each remain Nebraska records to this day.