Florida State gets a lot of flak for not being as "academic" as our rivals in Gainesville, but to our defense we do have our fair share of intellectuals.

Not only is Myron Rolle a star on Bobby Bowden Field as a player on the Seminoles football team, but he's also a certified smarty pants.

Rolle is the newest pride of FSU as the recipient of a coveted Rhodes Scholarship. He is the first Florida State football player to receive the award. While most of us are trying to figure out where were going to Grad School or get a job, Myron is faced with the decision of deciding between NFL Scouting and studying in Oxford, England.

A mere 32 college students are chosen each year to receive the scholarship which allows them to study at Oxford University. FSU also had a Rhodes Scholar last year (former school president, Joe O'Shea).  I might also had that University of Florida didn't have ANY recipients.

Rolle, who plays Safety, has ambitious career goals; "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."

Congrats Myron and  thanks for confirming that Florida State students can be just as intelligent and fun as the Gators.