Rodney was a castaway on Survivor: Worlds Apart and was part of the Escameca (Blue Collar) tribe originally. His initial strategy was to win over the women by telling them about the tragic story of his sister being murdered, which he has a tattoo of. He hit it off right away with Lindsey, who also had tattoos, and like many he was annoyed by Dan and Mike, especially Mike telling him to work more. Despite clashing with his tribe mates early on, Escameca won the first several immunity challenges. Due to sexist remarks he made about women, he was targeted by Lindsey and Sierra, but he had the numbers on his side. During a tribe swap on Day 12, Rodney remained on Escameca, where he hit it off with Joaquin and Tyler. His new bonds worried his Blue Collar tribe mates, so they voted Joaquin out of the game over challenge beast Joe, blindsiding Rodney in the process. He vowed to get revenge.
He made the merge on Day 17 and Blue and White Collar formed the majority alliance (minus Shirin, plus Will). Rodney formed a sub-alliance including himself, Kelly, Will, and Carolyn and they targeted Jenn. She played her Idol and eliminated Kelly. Rodney was mad at Mike for switching the target from Hali to Jenn, blaming him. Despite losing Kelly, Rodney gained Tyler as an ally. One by one, Hali, Joe, and Jenn were eliminated. Mike overheard Rodney plotting to get rid of him, and after the Survivor Auction, Mike exposed Rodney, which backfired, and Rodney managed to get everyone to turn on Mike, which led to a rivalry for the rest of the game. Mike would go on an immunity run, so Rodney took out what little allies he had left, including Shirin. When Shirin was voted out, Rodney cheered and clapped. Rodney came up with a strategy to pretend he wanted to quit and be voted out of the game so Mike wouldn’t play his Idol, but Mike saw through it. Due to Carolyn and Mike’s Idols being played, Rodney lost Dan and Tyler in the game. At final 5, Rodney convinced Mike and Carolyn to vote out Sierra, because she was likely to win, unanimously sending her home. At Final 4, Mike voted to keep Carolyn and Will kept Rodney, leading to a BRUTAL fire making challenge. Despite getting fire early on, Carolyn ignited her flame and made him the final member of the jury. He voted for overall terrible person Will to win the game, making Carolyn tied with him for second place. Had Rodney mad FTC, he would’ve got 3 votes, placing 2nd, with Mike taking 1st and Will 3rd, according to an unscientific on the spot jury poll.
Shockingly, although he looked like he was in his 30s, Rodney was the youngest male castaway at age 24 in Worlds Apart, although he turned 25 on day 30. He holds the Survivor record for longest time without a challenge win of any kind, between Day 15-38 (24 days), while winning none at the merge. He was ranked 2nd behind Dan as the Biggest New Survivor Villains of 2015, according to Survivor Oz. He was recruited to play Survivor while he was spotted in Boston. He has redeemed himself from his awful show personal by hosting his own charity events called “Rodney Bowl”, with over 100 celebrities attending, including Survivor and Big Brother legends, like Derrick from BB16, and he is randomly friends with James from BB17/18.