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pnwmom

(109,630 posts)
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 01:37 PM Sep 2016

John Urschel fits MIT into the off-season, only gets A's in a math PhD program.

What a slacker.



http://www.businessinsider.com/offensive-lineman-john-urschel-starting-phd-at-mit-2016-5

He earned his bachelor's degree in three years at Penn State and spent his senior year working on a master's degree in mathematics, while being paid by Penn State to teach Integral Vector Calculus Trigonometry.

He won the "Academic Heisman" in 2013, an honor given to college football's top scholar-athlete.

Earlier this year, the 24-year-old, 305-pound lineman was accepted into the No. 1 ranked graduate school for mathematics, all while having a full-time job in the NFL.

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John Urschel fits MIT into the off-season, only gets A's in a math PhD program. (Original Post) pnwmom Sep 2016 OP
Makes me wanna take a nap. nt Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #1
How nice. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #2
If he's so smart, why is he playing for the Ravens? Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #3
Alan Page LakeVermilion Sep 2016 #4
Alex Karras: Got out of college in just two terms Buzz Clik Sep 2016 #5

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,826 posts)
2. How nice.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 01:46 PM
Sep 2016

Not all professional ball players are just dumb jocks.

Frank Rice, quarterback with the LA Rams, the Cleveland Browns, and the Washington Redskins earned a PhD in math himself early in his career.

There may have been other PhD ball players, but Rice is the only other one I'm aware of.

 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
5. Alex Karras: Got out of college in just two terms
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:16 PM
Sep 2016

"I never graduated college, but I was only there for two terms--Truman’s and Eisenhower’s.” ---Alex Karras

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