Former NFL Player Explains Why He Traded The Field For The Classroom

Former NFL Player Explains Why He Traded The Field For The Classroom

By Patrick Terpstra

By Patrick Terpstra
June 10, 2019

June 10, 2019

John Urschel was once a lineman for the Baltimore Ravens. He's now a math professor at MIT.

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