http://m.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/John-Urschel-Feels-At-Home-In-MIT-PhD-Program/1954f137-14c6-4cea-9977-a25444bc97b3
http://math.mit.edu/~urschel/notices.pdf
He’s in a commercial, I think for Beats, explaining the headphones to another player. It’s funny.
Please put in a line or 2 from the article so the reader isn’t compelled to open the link to have to see if its worth reading.
John Urschel is an offensive lineman on the NFL team Baltimore Ravens and a PhD student in applied math at MIT.
Here is a published paper of his:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.0565
Thx
The other NFL player is JJ Watt…here is the commercial for Bose
I love this. Thanks for posting.
Here’s another in the same mold…an aeronautical engineer from RPI
http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/11/28/nfl-matt-patricia-bill-belichick-patriots-defense
Excellent. So impressive!
Only applied math and engineering, nothing too theoretical.
Joke, people.
Love it!
Kansas City Chiefs’ Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is also a medical student at McGill University in Montréal:
http://www.espn.com/blog/kansas-city-chiefs/post/_/id/17958/chiefs-laurent-duvernay-tardif-leads-rare-life-as-football-player-future-doctor
Don’t forget about this NFL Rhodes Scholar
When are these guys ever going to do something with their lives??? Grown men playing a kids game, dabbling in school, etc. Time to get serious! 
@droppedit And earning millions and finishing their education without student loans.
I believe Justin Tuck, former NY Giant, is currently enrolled in the Wharton School.
Gee, maybe it is the stereotype that is wrong and they are all supersmart, hardworking geniuses who just happen to work on Sundays?
I’m a little sensitive about the dumb athlete stereotype because both my kids were college athletes, including one who graduated Princeton MCL. I try to dispel the stereotype whenever I can. Thanks for posting these stories…
Was this mentioned. Current Cleveland Brown, Andrew Hawkins is a graduate student at Columbia University.
His future plans are to be a nfl general manager. https://www.nflplayerengagement.com/life/articles/andrew-hawkins/