Former NBA star Rodney Rogers has died at age 54.

A news release from his college alma mater, Wake Forest, confirmed that Rogers died on Friday, November 21, of natural causes linked to a 2008 spinal injury. He is survived by his wife, Faye Rogers, and three children: daughters Roddreka and Rydeiah as well as son Rodney Rogers II. (Roddreka is currently an assistant coach for Georgia State women’s basketball, while Rydeiah played basketball at North Carolina State from 2015 to 2019.)

Rogers became paralyzed from the shoulders down following a November 2008 ATV crash near Raleigh, North Carolina, when he accidentally drove into a ditch and flipped over the handlebars.

“Rodney Rogers, an NBA legend who played 12 years in the league, passed away on November 21, 2025, from natural causes re

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