Ravens guard John Urschel beginning work on Ph.D. at MIT this offseason

Guard John Urschel of the Baltimore Ravens before a game against the San Diego Chargers at M&T Bank Stadium in November. Now that the season is over, Urschel is working on his Ph.D from M.I.T. In his two seasons with the Ravens, John Urschel has started at three positions — left guard, center, and right guard. Now, he’s back in school trying to earn a third degree.

Urschel tweeted this afternoon that he’s a beginning his Ph.D. at the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology this offseason, with a focus on spectral graph theory, numerical linear algebra, and machine learning.

As a collegiate standout at Penn State, Urschel earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in math there,…