Myron Rolle
No. 25, 47 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Position: | Safety | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: |
Houston, Texas | October 30, 1986||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Princeton (NJ) Hun | ||
College: | Florida State | ||
NFL Draft: | 2010 / Round: 6 / Pick: 207 | ||
Career history | |||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
| |||
Career NFL statistics | |||
|
Myron Rolle (born October 30, 1986) is a Bahamian American former football safety. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State. He attended the Florida State University College of Medicine and is a neurosurgery resident at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied at St. Edmund Hall,[1] Oxford University for the 2009–10 academic year in order to earn an MSc in Medical Anthropology.[2] In 2010, he was chosen as the second-smartest athlete in sports by the Sporting News, behind baseball player Craig Breslow.[3]
Early years
Rolle was born in Texas. After a short time spent in Nassau, Bahamas post-birth, Rolle and his family moved to the United States permanently. Rolle was raised in Galloway Township, New Jersey, where in 2009, December 10 was decreed "Myron Rolle Day" in his hometown. He attended middle school at Galloway Township Middle School. He first attended The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, where he played the saxophone in the school band, sang in a school play, and was the sports editor of the school newspaper. He then transferred to St. Augustine Preparatory School in Richland, New Jersey during his junior year, where he starred on the basketball team with "Big Ben" and future NBA player Pops Mensah-Bonsu and was the star player of a poorly-ranked football team. Rolle was only overshadowed on the basketball team by the booming presence of Olu Babalola, a 6-ft 6-inch power forward. Finally, he left The Prep to spend his senior year at the Hun School of Princeton and played high school football. He was an All-American and made 112 tackles including 14 for loss. ESPN's recruiting services ranked Rolle as the number one high school prospect in the country.[4] Rivals.com rated him the 12th-best player and the top athlete overall, as well as the best player from New Jersey in the 2006 recruiting class.[5] In 2006, after a nationwide search Rolle won the prestigious annually awarded Franklin D. Watkins Memorial Trophy, the premier African-American scholar/athlete award in America for high school males.[6] He is an alumnus of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
College career
Aspiring to both the National Football League and medical school, Rolle played as a safety at FSU, completed all necessary pre-medical requirements, and earned his bachelor's degree in Exercise Science in just 2.5 years with a 3.75 grade point average.,[7] joining Christian Ponder in the same graduating class.[8] Rolle helped the Florida State Seminoles win on the field, and off the field, he won a Rhodes Scholarship. He postponed playing in the NFL for a year in order to study at Oxford University.[9][10][11]
In 2008, he earned Associated Press 3rd team All-American honors as well as Football Writers Association America 2nd team All-ACC and CoSIDA Academic All-America. In the 2008 season game versus the University of Miami Hurricanes, Seminoles defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews remarked that Rolle played the best and most complete game he has ever seen a safety play at Florida State University in his 25 years of coaching. Rolle had 4 tackles (2 touchdown saving tackles), 1 tackle for loss, 4 pass breakups, 1 sack, 2 quarterback hurries and 3 critical 3rd down stops.
Rolle was named a finalist for one of the 32 Rhodes Scholarships awarded to Americans each year.[12] His interview for the scholarship was originally scheduled at the same time as Florida State was to play at Maryland, in which Florida State defeated Maryland 37–3. The NCAA decided to allow Rolle to take a chartered plane from his interview in Birmingham, Alabama to College Park.[10] He was awarded the scholarship less than three hours before the Florida State vs. Maryland game. He became the fourth Florida State student and second school athlete to receive the honor, as well as the only FSU football player to do so.[13][14] Rolle announced on January 12, 2009, that he would first study at Oxford University for the 2009–10 academic year in order to earn an M.Sc. in medical anthropology and would then enter the 2010 NFL Draft.[2] He was a member of St Edmund Hall, commonly known as "Teddy Hall," at Oxford, living in college accommodation at Norham Gardens.[15]
Professional career
Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yard dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 ft 1 7⁄8 in (1.88 m) |
215 lb (98 kg) |
32 1⁄2 in (0.83 m) |
9 1⁄8 in (0.23 m) |
4.54 s | 1.61 s | 2.55 s | 4.15 s | 6.94 s | 36 in (0.91 m) |
10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
21 reps | 33 |
Combination of NFL Scouting Combine and Pro Day measurements.[16] |
Rolle was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round (207th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He signed a four-year contract on June 14, 2010.[17]
Medical career
Rolle announced his intent to leave the NFL to attend medical school in 2013. He enrolled at Florida State University College of Medicine and graduated in May 2017.[18][19] Rolle matched to a neurosurgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.[20]
Personal
Rolle is of Bahamian descent. He was born to Beverly and Whitney Rolle of The Bahamas.[21] His family members, including parents and three of his older brothers, Marchant, Marvis, Mordecai, McKinley (NJ) hail from Nassau, Bahamas. Rolle is the founder of 'Our Way to Health' – an educational childhood anti-obesity program for Native Americans currently operating in the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Pueblo, Hopi and Navajo Indians. Rolle, in conjunction with Florida Secretary of Children and Family Services, George Sheldon, runs a week-long Myron Rolle Wellness and Leadership Academy for Foster Care children in the State of Florida. In 2011, Rolle, along with 2006 Rhodes Scholar Garrett Johnson, created the "Emerging Scholars Project" – a program to help underrepresented college students become viable candidates for national fellowship opportunities. Rolle has been awarded days in Tallahassee and West Palm Beach, Florida as well as Keys to the City of Lafayette, Louisiana and Sarasota, Florida. He has traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as part of the Clinton Global Initiative humanitarian efforts to fight sexual violence in East Africa. From 2011-2015, Rolle was on the Board of Trustees at Hampden-Sydney College. He is on the Knight Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics. In 2013, he was featured on a national stamp in the Bahamas commemorating the 40 years of Independence.
Rolle is cousin of former defensive back Antrel Rolle, linebacker Brian Rolle, and former defensive back Samari Rolle.[22][23]
References
- ↑ "His home college at Oxford, where he eats, socializes and gathers his mail, is St. Edmund, also known as Teddy Hall. He was drafted by the Titans in the 6th round in the NFL's 2010 Draft."
- 1 2 "Rhodes Scholar Rolle aims to convince NFL football is focus". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Mobile, Alabama: Time Inc. AP. January 28, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ↑ "SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports". Sporting News. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Rolle A Seminole, ESPN.com. Accessed October 17, 2006.
- ↑ "Myron Rolle". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
- ↑ "15th Watkins Award". National Alliance of African American Athletes web site. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-04. SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports
- ↑ Elish, Jill (November 24, 2008). "Rolle is Florida State's third Rhodes Scholar in four years". fsu.com. Florida State University. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- 1 2 Thamel, Pete (November 20, 2008), "For Florida State Player and Scholar, Game Day Is Different", The New York Times, p. B17
- ↑ "Florida State safety a Rhodes candidates". iht.com. Tallahassee, Florida: International Herald Tribune. AP. November 20, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ↑ Mandel, Stewart (November 6, 2008). "FSU's Rolle choosing Rhodes interview over Maryland game". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Time Inc. p. 2.
- ↑ Dinich, Heather (November 23, 2008). "Florida State safety Rolle wins Rhodes Scholarship". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2008.
- ↑ "FSU's Rolle awarded Rhodes Scholarship". pnj.com. Pensacola News Journal. November 22, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ↑ Thamel, Pete (October 24, 2009). "On the Way to the N.F.L. Draft, a Year of Fulfillment in England". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Official Combine Results". MyronRolle.com. March 2, 2010. Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
- ↑ Wilson, Aaron (June 14, 2010). "Titans agree to four-year deal with Myron Rolle". NationalFootballPost.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ↑ Watts, David (April 26, 2013). "NFL Rhodes Scholar Retires to Attend Medical School and Nobody Knows Since He Wasn't Arrested". POPSspot.
- ↑ "Renaissance Man Myron Rolle, former NFL safety and Rhodes Scholar, gets degree in neurosurgery". Fox News. May 20, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Ex-Florida State DB Myron Rolle to begin Harvard medical residency". ESPN.com. March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Brother Named Rhodes Scholar". KappaAAlpha Psi fraternity. Archived from the original on January 2, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2009.
- ↑ "Eagles rookie linebacker Brian Rolle joining (distant) family business". Press of Atlantic City.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ↑ "He made his name in football. Now Myron Rolle's next play is becoming a brain surgeon". Miami Herald.com. Retrieved May 10, 2018.