From NFL to MIT: John Urschel looking to increase diversity in mathematics

Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, former NFL offensive lineman John Urschel stood among students from all backgrounds and colors at the National Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan and asked a couple of questions.

How many want to be a football player? Nearly every hand shot up.

How many want to be a doctor? Hardly anyone lifted their arm.

Urschel didn't have to be an MIT math whiz -- which, for a fact, he is -- to figure out how this all adds up.

As he pursues his Ph.D at MIT, Urschel has made it his mission to help promote more diversity within the field of mathematics. John Urschel“It’s very hard to dream of being in a career if you can’t relate to anyone who’s actually in that field,”…