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It blows my mind that he had the energy required to be in the NFL and a PhD student at the same time. It's not easy to do either of those part time.

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It really is impressive. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif of the Kansas City Chiefs is a similar story. He completed med school and his residency while playing football at the highest level.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/art...

It's not easy to do either of those full time (speaking as a former PhD student)!

As a current one, believe me, I know.

It really is extremely difficult, I also know.

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