John Urschel

Games played:	40
Games started:	13
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

John Urschel
John Urschel
	Urschel with the Baltimore Ravens in 2015
Born	June 24, 1991 (age 33); Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Alma mater	Pennsylvania State University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Institute for Advanced Study;
Thesis	Graphs, Principal Minors, and Eigenvalue Problems (2017)
Doctoral advisor	Michel Goemans
	American football career
Personal information
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:	Canisius (Buffalo, New York)
College:	Penn State
NFL draft:	2014 / round: 5 / pick: 175
Career history
	Baltimore Ravens (2014–2016);
Career highlights and awards
	James E. Sullivan Award (2013); William V. Campbell Trophy (2013); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (2012, 2013);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	40
Games started:	13
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

John Cameron Urschel (born June 24, 1991) is a Canadian-American mathematician and former professional football guard.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]^[4] Urschel is also an advanced stats 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,^[5] and is an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[6]

^ "Baltimore Ravens: John Urschel". Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Ravens Lineman John Urschel Loves Math More Than You Love Anything". Deadspin. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^ "John Urschel". Twitter. May 23, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
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^ "John Urschel's Homepage". math.mit.edu. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

[1] "Baltimore Ravens: John Urschel". Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Ravens Lineman John Urschel Loves Math More Than You Love Anything". Deadspin. March 20, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

[4] "John Urschel". Twitter. May 23, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

[rltbn200122w-5] Cite error: The named reference rltbn200122w was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] "John Urschel's Homepage". math.mit.edu. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

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