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Rhodes Scholar Rolle Picks Oxford Over NFL

Puts pro career on hold until 2010

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 13, 2009 1:53 AM CST

(Newser) – Former Florida State star safety Myron Rolle is skipping the NFL to head instead to England's prestigious Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar, reports the New York Times. Rolle, who hails from New Jersey, is the most prominent college athlete since Bill Bradley in 1965...   Read full story »

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