Overview
- The university said Rogers died Friday and did not disclose a cause.
- At Wake Forest from 1990–93, he earned ACC Freshman of the Year, First-Team All-ACC honors, and 1993 ACC Player of the Year, with his No. 54 retired in 1996.
- Selected ninth in the 1993 NBA Draft, he played 12 seasons with seven teams and won the 2000 Sixth Man award with the Suns, later reaching the 2003 NBA Finals with the Nets.
- An ATV accident in 2008 left him paralyzed from the shoulders down, after which he founded the Rodney Rogers Foundation to support people with spinal cord injuries.
- Tributes from former coach Dave Odom, athletics director John Currie, and the Nets praised his character, perseverance, and impact; he is survived by his wife, Faye, and three children.