Remember him? The player that skipped the first half of his Florida State football game to interview for a Rhodes Scholarship. Well he wound up getting the scholarship, and foregoing an NFL future for the chance to study at Oxford. It’s a pretty unbelievable story, and one that deserves an unbelievable storyteller.
Checking In With FSU’s Myron Rolle
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Enter Wright Thompson. His epic story at ESPN is an excellent read if you’ve got 15-20 minutes, as it takes us into Rolle’s world and captures all of the nuance that makes it so fascinating. If you read one thing this weekend, make it The Burden of Being Myron Rolle.
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