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Reggie Rogers, a former Detroit Lion defensive...

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Reggie Rogers, a former Detroit Lion defensive end, was convicted of negligent homicide in the deaths of three teen-agers in a drunk driving accident.

Rogers faces a maximum two-year prison sentence on each misdemeanor charge of negligent homicide. Sentencing is scheduled Jan. 16.

Rogers, a No. 1 draft pick of the Lions from the University of Washington in 1987, suffered a broken neck, a partially amputated thumb and other injuries in the accident last year. He was released by the Lions in training camp last summer.

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