Former Louisville center Clifford Rozier passed away Friday after suffering a heart attack on Thursday. He was 45-years-old.
The state of Florida’s Mr. Basketball in 1990, Rozier spent his first season of college playing for Dean Smith at North Carolina. He then transferred to Louisville, where he suited up for the Cardinals from 1992-94.
Rozier was the Metro Conference Player of the Year in both of his seasons at U of L. In 1994, after averaging 18.1 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, he became Louisville’s first consensus First Team All-American since Darrell Griffith. He remained the most recent Cardinal to receive the honor until Russ Smith snagged First Team honors two decades later in 2014.