Nicholas Quixote "Nick" Rogers (May 31, 1979 – May 3, 2010) was an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

 for the National Football League

National Football League

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 and the Arena Football League. He most recently played for the Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush were an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009...

 of the Arena Football League.

During his professional career, Rogers took the field in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 for the Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

, the Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts

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, the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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, and the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

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. He played college football

College football

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 for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football

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On May 3, 2010, Rogers died in an single-vehicle automobile accident.