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.