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Ravens’ John Urschel earns straight A’s in four MIT classes

September 20, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel (64) warms up before the game against the Oakland Raiders at O.co Coliseum. The Raiders defeated the Ravens 37-33. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Baltimore Ravens offensive guard John Urschel is not just a good athlete. He’s a pretty smart guy, as well, and has a fantastic track record in education to prove it.

Urschel earned 4.0 honors in earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math at Penn State (via Jamison Hensley, ESPN) and is now having the same success in PhD classes at MIT.

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Urschel — a 2014 draft pick for the Ravens — wrote in the Players’ Tribune that “attending graduate school at MIT had always been a dream,” but a dream that he initially thought would have to wait until his career in the NFL was over.

“But after the end of my rookie season in the NFL in 2014, my decision to put off grad school began to eat away at me. I had always prided myself on not sacrificing football for math, or math for football. And yet, during my first offseason, when I was honest with myself, I knew I wasn’t pushing myself to become the best mathematician I could be. I had more to learn. I wanted to grow. So I applied.”

Urschel should definitely be applauded for this. He’s living two dreams simultaneously in playing in the NFL and attending MIT. Not only is he attending MIT, but he’s obviously thriving.

That’s a good example not only for fans everywhere, but also for his fellow players.

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