Myron Rolle
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| Position: | Safety | ||
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| Date of birth: | October 30, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth: | Houston, Texas | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Princeton (NJ) Hun | ||
| College: | Florida State | ||
| NFL Draft: | 2010 / Round: 6 / Pick: 207 | ||
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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 will complete a neurosurgical residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied at St. Edmund Hall,Oxford University for the 2009–10 academic year in order to earn an MSc in Medical Anthropology. In 2010, he was chosen as the second-smartest athlete in sports by the Sporting News, behind baseball player Craig Breslow.
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 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.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. 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. He is an alumnus of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
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