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Tuesday eye-opener: Myron Rolle puts NFL on hold for Oxford
Somewhere Bill Bradley is smiling.
Florida State defensive back Myron Rolle will not enter the 2009 NFL draft and instead will head for Oxford, England to study medical anthropology for a year.
Earlier this year Rolle was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.
Rolle e-mailed Pete Thamel of the New York Times that he was told he would have gone in the top 50 picks of the draft and could have moved up depending on his performance at the combine.
He is expected to enter the 2010 draft. (Photo of Rolle winning the Ronnie Lott Award by Kevork Djansezian, AP)
In 1965, Bradley, then perhaps the best player in college basketball, bypassed the NBA draft to study at Oxford.
Already an Olympic gold medal winner, Bradley would later have a successful career with the New York Knicks, winning two NBA titles, before becoming a long-time New Jersey senator.
Interestingly, Rolle is from New Jersey. He graduated from FSU in 2 1/2 years with a pre-med degree. He hopes to play in the NFL and go to medical school.
Like Bradley, Rolle's talents allow him to pursue both dreams. But what would you do if you could only have one?
Somewhere Bill Bradley is smiling.
Florida State defensive back Myron Rolle will not enter the 2009 NFL draft and instead will head for Oxford, England to study medical anthropology for a year.
Earlier this year Rolle was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.
Rolle e-mailed Pete Thamel of the New York Times that he was told he would have gone in the top 50 picks of the draft and could have moved up depending on his performance at the combine.
He is expected to enter the 2010 draft. (Photo of Rolle winning the Ronnie Lott Award by Kevork Djansezian, AP)
In 1965, Bradley, then perhaps the best player in college basketball, bypassed the NBA draft to study at Oxford.
Already an Olympic gold medal winner, Bradley would later have a successful career with the New York Knicks, winning two NBA titles, before becoming a long-time New Jersey senator.
Interestingly, Rolle is from New Jersey. He graduated from FSU in 2 1/2 years with a pre-med degree. He hopes to play in the NFL and go to medical school.
Like Bradley, Rolle's talents allow him to pursue both dreams. But what would you do if you could only have one?
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