Bills' fan favorite signs a contract to leave NFL and play professional lacrosse

Billy Heyen

Bills' fan favorite signs a contract to leave NFL and play professional lacrosse image

Casey Rogers is taking a left turn in his professional life.

He's still going to be a pro athlete, though.

Rogers is a 6-foot-5 big dude who spent the summer in Buffalo Bills training camp as a defensive tackle. He gained a lot of fan following and did some positive charitable work off the field before the Bills cut him loose.

Now, Rogers is going to be a pro lacrosse player.

The Philadelphia Wings announced on Friday that they have signed Rogers.

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Rogers was listed during camp at 6-5, 305.

In high school, he was committed to play lacrosse at Syracuse. He went to Westhill, not far outside of Syracuse, a lacrosse powerhouse.

Rogers' dad is the lacrosse head coach at SUNY Cortland in upstate New York, too.

The Wings announced that it's a three-year deal for Rogers, so it seems that he's going to give the lacrosse thing a real go of it. 

It's pretty cool that he gets this opportunity.

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