7:33 AM PT -- Rogers had been diagnosed with liver disease and cancer and was awaiting a liver transplant before he died, his former high school coaches told MLive.com.
"He had cancer, whether that was related to his liver I don’t know,” Rogers' ex-Saginaw High basketball coach Marshall Thomas said.
"They had given him 30 days to live if he didn’t get a liver transplant."
Rogers' high school football coach Don Durrett added, "I called his mom at the hospital over the weekend and got a chance to talk to Charles .