College football quarterback Gary Rogers plays for the Washington State Cougars football team. Rogers fractured a cervical vertebra during a September 20, 2008, game against Portland State. Although he was able to walk out of the hospital days after the injury, he is not expected to play football again.ESPN.com: Cougars' Rogers Walks Out of Hospital...

Rogers was injured during the September 20, 2008, defeat of Portland State. He was hit late on a play and lost feeling in his arms and legs immediately following. Doctors diagnosed the injury as a fracture of a cervical vertebra, but did not perform surgery. He left the hospital days later and is expected to fully recover, but not play football again, in three to four months.ESPN.com: Cougars' Rogers Walks Out of Hospital...

The injury occurred the same day that Ball State's Dante Love suffered a similar career-ending spinal cord injury.CBSSports.com: Damaging Week Sheds Light on Football's Dark Injury Side

After being red-shirted in 2004, Rogers made his college football debut in 2005, playing three games with the Cougars. During his sophomore season in 2006, Rogers played in all 12 of the school's games, completing 18 of 31 attempted passes and scoring three touchdowns. Rogers played all 12 again in 2007, passing for 18 yards as Washington State's backup quarterback.WSUCougars.com: Gary Rogers