American football star Myron Rolle trades NFL for Oxford Med. School
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more from News:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/25/myron-rolle-nfl-oxford-un...
Myron Rolle swapped shoulder pads, hard hits and a professional US football contract for lectures, tutorials and quiet anonymity at Oxford University when he traded a spot in the National Football League draft last year for a Rhodes Scholarship.Rolle, 22, was a star defensive player at Florida State University, where he also won acclaim as a pre-medical student for research on stem cells and cancer cells.
In the safety position, Rolle, who is 6ft 2in and weighs 15 stone 5lbs, specialised in taking players to the ground with punishing tackles at full speed, snagging opponents' passes out of the air and running them back for touchdowns.
A top prospect for the NFL, Rolle last year opted to defer entering the league's amateur draft for a year and study for a master's degree in medical anthropology at Oxford, all with an eye towards an eventual career in medicine.
"I feel a little disappointed when I see guys playing on Sundays, especially guys I'm friends with," he told the New York Times. "But when I walk out of my accommodation in Norham Gardens, spend time with my friends and go to class, I realise that I did make a good choice. It's been worth it."
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Justin_Boynton
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Just one of Florida State's finest! Go NOLES!!!
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Justin_Boynton
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Marbled_Godwit
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cool.
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Marbled_Godwit
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JulianCommongold
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That's refreshing news.
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JulianCommongold
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st3
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He postponed his NFL career and is entering the 2010 NFL draft.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/10/25/myron-rolle-getting-ready-for-20...
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st3
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djnemo
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great call, especially with all the new reports on how the sport is destroying brain activity...
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djnemo
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jcub [removed]
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rebelution07
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I have so much respect for him to make a decision like that. Leaving his football career to focus on his medical studies. At least now he can make a bigger difference in the world in medicine.
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rebelution07
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Dmoneymeden
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He made the right choice, football would only take him to around 40 where as a career in medicine can be his whole life
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Dmoneymeden
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eldamon
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Simply outstanding, there's a man going places. Possible a future president.
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eldamon
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eldamon: This comment has been removed.
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Progresshiv
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Why should every other football player have to risk brain damage and ensuing dementia, while this fancy pants gets to study? Just who does he think he is? Some people are so selfish.
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Progresshiv
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Phloem
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Wow I wonder which was going to be more profitable?
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Phloem
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keithponder
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THIS IS NEWS THAT SHOULD BE BIG NEWS, BUT ITS NOT BECAUSE ITS NOT BAD NEWS.
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keithponder
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EndingFilmsTM
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What a smart man. He broke through the brainwash of american football.
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EndingFilmsTM
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michael_at_archrival
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awesome. good for him!
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michael_at_archrival
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chasingame
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You have to respect a guy that can make a decision like that.
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chasingame
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bansheewail
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Finally, some good news. Myron Rolle's story should be told over and over and over, again.
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