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pnwmom

(108,978 posts) Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:37 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

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

1. Makes me wanna take a nap. nt

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Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:44 PM

Sep 2016

PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. How nice.

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Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:46 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.