Career
Rodgers played college football for Arizona State University, and earned All-American honors. A third-round pick in the 1997 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints of the NFL.
Rodgers was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Saint Augustine High School, a Roman Catholic school in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he played high school football for the Saint Augustine Purple Knights.
He received an athletic scholarship to attend Arizona State University, and played for the Arizona State Sun Devils football team
As a senior in 1996, Rodgers was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as a defensive lineman. The Miami Dolphins selected Rodgers in the third round (92nd pick overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft, and he played for the Dolphins from 1997 to 2002.
He finished his NFL career playing for the New Orleans Saints in 2003 and 2004. In eight NFL seasons, he played in 116 regular season games, started 111 of them, and compiled 507 tackles, nine quarterback sacks and four interceptions.
