He first started playing wheelchair rugby just two weeks after a devastating car crash that left him with a fractured neck and a severe spinal cord injury, derailing his Army career and leaving him in a wheelchair. Now, he is serving as the co-captain of the Team US wheelchair rugby. 'Mentally, playing rugby has been great,' Rodriguez told the Army in 2018. That year, he and the rest of Team USA earned a bronze at the 2018 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship. DailyMail.com has reached out to Rodriguez for further comment as he prepares to compete in the wheelchair rugby semi-finals.

Source: Daily Mail April 21, 2022 02:03 UTC