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Math-Loving NFL Player Spent Last Night's Draft Calculating Player Physics On Twitter

John Urschel’s NFL career gives him a larger platform to explore his other passion: math.

John Urschel is the quintessential mathlete.

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John Urschel is the quintessential mathlete.

Twitter: @MathMeetsFball

The 23-year-old guard for the Baltimore Ravens has a master's in mathematics from Penn State, which he earned while keeping a 4.0 average.

During last night's first round of the 2015 Draft, Urschel took over General Electric's Twitter account to live-tweet advanced calculations about players' speed, agility, and strength.

The formula Urschel used is complex to those of us not versed in advanced mathematics, but the impact is simple: Titans wide receiver Hakeem Nicks has a job catching passes that would cause most of us to duck and hide.


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