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NBA Star Rodney Rogers Dies at 54, Remembered for Impact

11/23/2025

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Rodney Rogers, the former NBA player and Wake Forest star, died November 22 at age 54.
Rogers played 12 NBA seasons and earned Sixth Man of the Year in 2000.
Rogers was ACC Player of the Year in 1993 and Wake Forest reached the NCAA Tournament after 1984.
After a 2008 ATV accident left him paralyzed, he founded the Rodney Rogers Foundation to support people with spinal injuries.

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Rodney Rogers, the former NBA player and Wake Forest star, died November 22 at age 54.
Rogers played 12 NBA seasons and earned Sixth Man of the Year in 2000.
Rogers was ACC Player of the Year in 1993 and Wake Forest reached the NCAA Tournament after 1984.
After a 2008 ATV accident left him paralyzed, he founded the Rodney Rogers Foundation to support people with spinal injuries.