A college student?

KingLando

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OhioLion

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He graduated 2 years ago.
No longer taking classes towards a degree, just needs to take minimum hours to stay eligible. Basket weaving 101, Breathing for Beginners.
His “ahem - cough cough” academic semester ended in November/December. Now that he is not taking classes in the current semester (his 6-7 years of eligibility are over), no he wouldn’t have any classes to attend right now.
 

BCS PSU

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There's nothing even remotely wrong with this answer
What’s wrong is that he’s in his seventh season of college football. Essentially, he’s a de facto employee rather than a student-athlete. I don’t have a problem with them being de facto employees, but a person’s tenure as a college football player shouldn’t last long enough so that one can qualify for a pension. I’m actually surprised that Chambliss was denied one more year of eligibility.
 

KingLando

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What’s wrong is that he’s in his seventh season of college football. Essentially, he’s a de facto employee rather than a student-athlete. I don’t have a problem with them being de facto employees, but a person’s tenure as a college football player shouldn’t last long enough so that one can qualify for a pension. I’m actually surprised that Chambliss was denied one more year of eligibility.
Ummm--where are you getting 7 years
2020--COVID Redshirt
2021-Redshirt (played 4 games)
2022--Freshman Backup
2023--Sophomore Starter
2024--Junior Starter
2025--Senior Starter

Thankfully the COVID year is basically dead moving forward but it's 6 years and he's only played in 4. He's only 23--so a year older than most when they graduate and just turned 23 before the playoffs I believe. You're acting like he's a 26 year old that's been starting since 2019.
 

Binder74

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He graduated 2 years ago.
No longer taking classes towards a degree, just needs to take minimum hours to stay eligible. Basket weaving 101, Breathing for Beginners.
His “ahem - cough cough” academic semester ended in November/December. Now that he is not taking classes in the current semester (his 6-7 years of eligibility are over), no he wouldn’t have any classes to attend right now.
Tats for tots
 
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OhioLion

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He graduated 2 years ago.
No longer taking classes towards a degree, just needs to take minimum hours to stay eligible. Basket weaving 101, Breathing for Beginners.
His “ahem - cough cough” academic semester ended in November/December. Now that he is not taking classes in the current semester (his 6-7 years of eligibility are over), no he wouldn’t have any classes to attend right now.


Basically saying what I posted. I can’t take credit; this is my son’s job
 

94LionsFan

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The people clutching their pearls over this — because they care about academics (oh, the irony). It’s right in the Fox News article that he followed up “I graduated two years ago” with “Obviously I’ve been working towards other degrees now that I’ve gotten to Miami…” But that didn’t stop the headline writer from calling it a “stunning admission” to generate clicks. Ridiculous.
 

LionJim

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The people clutching their pearls over this — because they care about academics (oh, the irony). It’s right in the Fox News article that he followed up “I graduated two years ago” with “Obviously I’ve been working towards other degrees now that I’ve gotten to Miami…” But that didn’t stop the headline writer from calling it a “stunning admission” to generate clicks. Ridiculous.
Thanks for taking the time.
 
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razpsu

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Ok reporters dig in here and see what classes he took in the fall.
 

Auxgym

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How does the guy that ugly get to bang one of the Cavender twins? They probably make more money than him just from their only fans.
He has a Big Personality. The field is littered with flags. I even see a Scone down on the field.
 
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razpsu

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Does it matter? How many undergrads are taking challenging course work at their 3rd, 4th or 5th school?
It should
Matter since 2 percent of all players make it to nfl and 80 percent of current nil recipients will
Be broke and without a degree or learning in that degree instead of going through the motions will Help these players in life. So it should matter. Now beck does have a degree and should have moved on to the nfl to make way for someone else to get a chance
 

JerseyLion

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It should
Matter since 2 percent of all players make it to nfl and 80 percent of current nil recipients will
Be broke and without a degree or learning in that degree instead of going through the motions will Help these players in life. So it should matter. Now beck does have a degree and should have moved on to the nfl to make way for someone else to get a chance
Should is the operative word.
 

manatree

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I’m sure if the twisted panties would look into it, they would find a lot of Penn State players over the years have had surprisingly light schedules during their last fall semester.
 
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KingLando

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I’m sure if the twisted panties would look into it, they would find a lot of Penn State players over the years have had surprisingly light schedules during their last fall semester.
And the majority of these kids have meaningless majors anyway.
 

PSUFTG

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they would find a lot nearly all of Penn State Power 4 level players over the recent years have had surprisingly light schedules during their last fall semester the entirety of their tenures playing "school".
FIFY :)
 
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LMTLION

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The people clutching their pearls over this — because they care about academics (oh, the irony). It’s right in the Fox News article that he followed up “I graduated two years ago” with “Obviously I’ve been working towards other degrees now that I’ve gotten to Miami…” But that didn’t stop the headline writer from calling it a “stunning admission” to generate clicks. Ridiculous.
He possibly has more schooling than many of the people complaining about this in society.
 

PSUFTG

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No doubt, a lot of guys, for decades - all over the country - have majored in "eligibility".
Especially 5th year guys, who would just grab a couple cupcakes to remain eligible for that last playing season (something that I think ought not to get anyone "twisted").

That said:
It is currently Night and Day compared to what academics used to look like a few decades ago (especially when comparing to places like PSU that used to have relatively "normal" academic situations).
Many guys (in the $ sports) play out their entire playing careers taking nothing much more than on-line perfunctory courses - being steered into them by the athletic programs - with minimal exposure or engagement to any normal academic/campus culture. And, more often than not, leaving with a "degree" (many times with what appears to the uninformed public, to be "high" GPAs) - even if it is only casually familiar to them. It is what it is.
It has become, in many respects and in many cases, a joke.

Those who DO engage in and succeed in a truly rich experience? Kudos to them. But it is becoming increasingly rare.
 
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Anon225117

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I think John Urschel graduated a lot early. Then the only undergrad classes he attended were ones he taught. I think he might have finished his masters. He was running out of available classes. Academia frowns on getting your doctorate where you got your undergrad.
 

Anon225117

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He has a Big Personality. The field is littered with flags. I even see a Scone down on the field.
I think she caught him texting other girls. Unfair assumption on my part, but he could be one knee injury from working at McDonalds. He sure didn’t get where he is on looks.
 

KingLando

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I think John Urschel graduated a lot early. Then the only undergrad classes he attended were ones he taught. I think he might have finished his masters. He was running out of available classes. Academia frowns on getting your doctorate where you got your undergrad.
To be fair, Urschel is the exception--very few guys are even a tenth as intelligent as him.
 

PSUFTG

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I think John Urschel graduated a lot early. Then the only undergrad classes he attended were ones he taught. I think he might have finished his masters. He was running out of available classes. Academia frowns on getting your doctorate where you got your undergrad.
Uh:
Urshel earned a BS in his 4th year (2012) - a Masters in his 5th (2013).

He played in the NFL until 2016 - enrolled in a PhD program at MIT, and earned a PhD in 2021.

All of those are wonderful accomplishments. Even more so given the commitments he had as a student-athlete.

Aside from the third sentence in your post "I think he might have finished his masters", the rest is nonsense (as anyone who ever completed a PhD - or anyone who simply engaged in a challenging college education - would know). Where you got that from? Get rid of that "source" :)

FWIW:
In current times, athletes who would GREATLY struggle to so much as be admitted to a university are "graduating" in 3 years (sometimes less)