John Urschel
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Urschel with the Baltimore Ravens in 2015 | |||||||
| Born | June 24, 1991 | ||||||
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| Occupation | Professor | ||||||
| Years active | 2023-present | ||||||
| Spouse | Louisa Thomas | ||||||
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| Fields | Mathematics | ||||||
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| Thesis | Graphs, Principal Minors, and Eigenvalue Problems (2021) | ||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Michel Goemans | ||||||
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| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Listed weight | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Canisius (Buffalo, New York) | ||||||
| College | Penn State (2009-2013) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2014: 5th round, 175th overall pick | ||||||
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John Cameron Urschel Jr. (born June 24, 1991) is a Canadian mathematician and former professional football guard. He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft. Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old.
Urschel has bachelor's and master's degrees (both from Penn State) and a PhD (from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), all in mathematics. Urschel is also an advanced statistics columnist for The Players' Tribune. He served a three-year term on the College Football Playoff selection committee which began in the spring of 2020, and is an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.