Myron Rolle chooses Oxford over FSU

12/2/08-Florida State safety Myron Rolle said he is planning to accept his Rhodes Scholarship and study in Oxford, England, starting next October and bypass his senior year of eligibility.Rolle, an aspiring neurosurgeon, was awarded the scholarship last weekend. He is the first Florida State football player to be so honored. Rolle said he cannot delay the Rhodes Scholarship and is trying to decide whether he will participate in the next NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis in February. He also is considering training before and after his studies at Oxford and trying out for the NFL afterward. 'I want to be a neurosurgeon,' Rolle said. 'And I want to help impoverished nations build up their vaccination programs. I think in many poor countries, vaccination programs and mental health programs are wrongly pushed aside.' Joe Schad is a college football reporter for ESPN."

Myron Rolle awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, just over a week ago, has decided to for go his final year of eligibility and attend Oxford University next fall. In an interview on ESPN's PTI Rolle said he still has dreams of the NFL but after his scholarship is up. In the same interview Myron Rolle also has some medical dreams: helping with infrastructure in impoverished country's, a medical clinic in his parents home town and just becoming a world citizen.

You to can only admire a young man who has accomplished so much in such little time, who's has a vision of his future and possible a new world vision. Best of luck to you Myron Rolle. Its such a breath of fresh air to have a student-athlete actually chose academics first. I wish this was a core family, community and societal value that was instilled more often. Teaching athletes what the difference between right and wrong is something has been lost, Plaxico Burress. That is another blog.