Ex–NFL Player John Urschel Gave up the Game for a Ph.D.—and a Life—in Math

Now, I’m no MIT math major. But I’m bright enough to know I was staring straight at a baseball diamond. Such a slip would ...
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NFL Player Turned MIT Math Professor Urschel Visits Bowdoin Campus

Taback, the Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics, was announcing the visit of John Urschel to campus. Formerly an offensive lineman with the Baltimore Ravens, Urschel played three seasons in the ...