playing_years death_date draftedround birth_place playing_team awards article_title position birth_date draftedpick college name draftedyear
1984-1985 27 june 1986 1 texarkana , arkansas cleveland browns 1983 rose bowl mvp don rogers -lrb- safety -rrb-
 safety 17 september 1962 18 ucla don rogers 1984
don rogers -lrb- safety -rrb-

donald lavert rogers -lrb- september 17 , 1962 -- june 27 , 1986 -rrb- was an american college and professional football player who was a safety in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- for two seasons during the mid-1980s .
rogers played college football for the university of california , los angeles , and was recognized as an all-american .
he played professionally for the nfl 's cleveland browns , but his career was cut short when he died of a heart attack caused by cocaine use in 1986 .
