Myron Rolle
{{Short description|American football player and physician (born 1986)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Myron Rolle
| image = Myron Rolle.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Rolle in 2020
| number = 25, 47
| position = Safety
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|10|30}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 219
| high_school = Hun (Princeton, New Jersey)
| college = Oxford
Florida State
| draftyear = 2010
| draftround = 6
| draftpick = 207
| pastteams =
- Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2010}}–{{NFL Year|2011}})*
- Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|2012}})*
| highlights =
- Third-team All-American (2008)
- First-team Freshman All-American (2006)
- ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year (2006)
- Watkins Award (2006)
- Second-team All-ACC (2008)
- Touchdown Club of Columbus Male Sportsman of the Year (2008)
| pfr = RollMy99
}}
Myron L. Rolle (born October 30, 1986) is an American neurosurgeon and former professional football safety. He played college football at Florida State, and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft. He attended the Florida State University College of Medicine, completed his neurosurgery residency at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and now is the pediatric neurosurgery fellow at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and studied at St. Edmund Hall,{{Cite news|last=Thamel|first=Pete|author-link=Pete Thamel|date=October 24, 2009 |title=On the Way to the N.F.L. Draft, a Year of Fulfillment in England|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/sports/ncaafootball/25rolle.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=January 15, 2025|issn=0362-4331|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624011042/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/sports/ncaafootball/25rolle.html?pagewanted=all|archive-date=June 24, 2013|url-status=live|quote=His home college at Oxford, where he eats, socializes and gathers his mail, is St. Edmund, also known as Teddy Hall. He was drafted by the Titans in the 6th round in the NFL's 2010 Draft.}} Oxford University for the 2009–10 academic year in order to earn an MSc in Medical Anthropology.{{cite news |title=Rhodes Scholar Rolle aims to convince NFL football is focus |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/andy_staples/01/28/myron-rolle/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131042516/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/andy_staples/01/28/myron-rolle/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2010 |agency=AP |work=SportsIllustrated.CNN.com |publisher=Time Inc. |location=Mobile, Alabama |date=January 28, 2010 |accessdate=February 16, 2010}} In 2010, he was chosen as the second-smartest athlete in sports by the Sporting News, behind baseball player Craig Breslow.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2010-09/smart-athletes/story/sporting-news-names-the-20-smartest-athletes-in-sports |title=SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports |work=Sporting News |date=September 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523023358/http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2010-09/smart-athletes/story/sporting-news-names-the-20-smartest-athletes-in-sports |archivedate=May 23, 2013 |df=mdy }} On February 17, 2021, Abiomed, a member of the S&P 500, announced Rolle as a member of its board of directors.
Early life
Rolle was born in Houston, Texas. His family is from The Bahamas;{{cite web | url = http://www.kappaalphapsi1911.com/rhodes.htm | title = Brother Named Rhodes Scholar | publisher = Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity | accessdate = January 14, 2009 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090102122113/http://www.kappaalphapsi1911.com/rhodes.htm | archivedate = January 2, 2009 | df = mdy-all }} and after returning to Nassau for two years after his birth, his family then moved permanently to the United States. He was raised in Galloway Township, New Jersey, where in 2009, December 10 was decreed "Myron Rolle Day".{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Myron attended the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, where he played the saxophone in the school band, sang in a school play, and was the sports editor of the school newspaper as well as playing football, basketball and track. He transferred to the Hun School of Princeton and played high school football and basketball. He maintained a 4.0 GPA in high school. He was an All-American and made 112 tackles including 14 for loss. ESPN's recruiting services ranked Rolle as the number one high school prospect in the country.{{Cite web|date=September 1, 2005|title=Rolle A Seminole|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/recruiting/news/story?id=2148934|first=Henry|last=Gola|access-date=January 15, 2025|website=ESPN.com|language=en}} Rivals.com rated him the 12th-best player and the top athlete overall, as well as the best player from New Jersey in the 2006 recruiting class.{{cite web|url=http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=1&pr_key=22053|title=Myron Rolle|publisher=Rivals.com|accessdate=November 26, 2008}}
In 2006, after a nationwide search Rolle won the prestigious annually awarded Franklin D. Watkins Memorial Trophy, the premier African-American scholar/athlete award in America for high school males.{{cite web|title=15th Watkins Award|work=National Alliance of African American Athletes web site|url=http://www.naaaa.com/15thwatkins.html|accessdate=September 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714150009/http://www.naaaa.com/15thwatkins.html|archive-date=July 14, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} He is an alumnus of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
College career
Aspiring to both the National Football League and medical school, Rolle played as a safety at FSU, completed all necessary pre-medical requirements, and earned his bachelor's degree in Exercise Science in just 2.5 years with a 3.75 grade point average.{{cite news |url=http://onf.fsu.edu/2009_02_FSTimes.pdf |title=Myron Rolle awarded Rhodes Scholarship |first=Jill |last=Elish |newspaper=Florida State Times |pages=1, 8 |edition=February/March 2009 |accessdate=February 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609214119/http://onf.fsu.edu/2009_02_FSTimes.pdf |archivedate=June 9, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2010-09/smart-athletes/story/sporting-news-names-the-20-smartest-athletes-in-sports |title=SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports - MLB - Sporting News |accessdate=2013-10-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523023358/http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/feed/2010-09/smart-athletes/story/sporting-news-names-the-20-smartest-athletes-in-sports |archivedate=May 23, 2013 |df=mdy }} SN names the 20 smartest athletes in sports Rolle helped the Florida State Seminoles win on the field, and off the field, he won a Rhodes Scholarship. He postponed playing in the NFL for a year in order to study at Oxford University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fsu.com/pages/2008/11/24/myron_rolle_rhodes_scholar.html |title=Rolle is Florida State's third Rhodes Scholar in four years |accessdate=November 29, 2008 |last=Elish |first=Jill |date=November 24, 2008 |work=fsu.com |publisher=Florida State University |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204012036/http://www.fsu.com/pages/2008/11/24/myron_rolle_rhodes_scholar.html |archivedate=December 4, 2008 }}{{citation |first=Pete |last=Thamel |author-link=Pete Thamel |title=For Florida State Player and Scholar, Game Day Is Different |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/sports/ncaafootball/20rolle.html |work=The New York Times |page=B17 |date=November 20, 2008 }}{{cite news |title=Florida State safety a Rhodes candidates |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/20/sports/FBC-Rolle-Rhodes-Scholar.php |agency=AP |work=iht.com |publisher=International Herald Tribune |location=Tallahassee, Florida |date=November 20, 2008 |accessdate=November 20, 2008}}
In 2008, he earned Associated Press 3rd team All-American honors as well as Football Writers Association America 2nd team All-ACC and CoSIDA Academic All-America. In the 2008 season game versus the University of Miami Hurricanes, Seminoles defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews remarked that Rolle played the best and most complete game he has ever seen a safety play at Florida State University in his 25 years of coaching. Rolle had 4 tackles (2 touchdown saving tackles), 1 tackle for loss, 4 pass breakups, 1 sack, 2 quarterback hurries and 3 critical 3rd down stops.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
Rolle was named a finalist for one of the 32 Rhodes Scholarships awarded to Americans each year.{{cite news |first=Stewart |last=Mandel |author-link=Stewart Mandel |title=FSU's Rolle choosing Rhodes interview over Maryland game |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/11/06/rolle/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720185629/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/stewart_mandel/11/06/rolle/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |work=SportsIllustrated.CNN.com |publisher=Time Inc. |pages=2 |date=November 6, 2008}} His interview for the scholarship was originally scheduled at the same time as Florida State was to play at Maryland, in which Florida State defeated Maryland 37–3. The NCAA decided to allow Rolle to take a chartered plane from his interview in Birmingham, Alabama to College Park. He was awarded the scholarship less than three hours before the Florida State vs. Maryland game. He became the fourth Florida State student and second school athlete to receive the honor, as well as the only FSU football player to do so.{{cite news |first=Heather |last=Dinich |title=Florida State safety Rolle wins Rhodes Scholarship |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3719726 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=November 23, 2008 |access-date=November 23, 2008}}{{cite news|title=FSU's Rolle awarded Rhodes Scholarship |url=http://www.pnj.com/article/20081122/SPORTS/81122033 |date=November 22, 2008 |work=pnj.com |publisher=Pensacola News Journal |accessdate=November 22, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Rolle announced on January 12, 2009, that he would first study at Oxford University for the 2009–10 academic year in order to earn an M.Sc. in medical anthropology and would then enter the 2010 NFL draft. He was a member of St Edmund Hall, commonly known as "Teddy Hall," at Oxford, living in college accommodation at Norham Gardens.
Professional career
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Rolle was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round (207th overall) of the 2010 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2010 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2010/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He signed a four-year contract on June 14, 2010.{{cite news |author=Wilson, Aaron |title=Titans agree to four-year deal with Myron Rolle |url=http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Titans-agree-to-fouryear-deal-with-Myron-Rolle.html |work=NationalFootballPost.com |date=June 14, 2010 |accessdate=June 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616050905/http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Titans-agree-to-fouryear-deal-with-Myron-Rolle.html |archivedate=June 16, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} Rolle never appeared in a regular-season game for the Titans in 2010 and 2011. He then spent a brief time with the Pittsburgh Steelers before the team released him in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2710818-former-nfl-fsu-safety-myron-rolle-earns-phd-in-neurosurgery|title = Former NFL, FSU Safety Myron Rolle Graduates from Medical School|website = Bleacher Report}}
Medical career
Rolle announced his intent to leave the NFL to attend medical school in 2013. He enrolled at Florida State University College of Medicine and graduated in May 2017.{{cite news|author=Watts, David|title=NFL Rhodes Scholar Retires to Attend Medical School and Nobody Knows Since He Wasn't Arrested|url=http://www.popsspot.com/2013/04/nfl-rhodes-scholar-retires-to-attend-medical-school-nobody-knows-since-he-wasnt-arrested/|work=POPSspot|date=April 26, 2013|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720211649/http://www.popsspot.com/2013/04/nfl-rhodes-scholar-retires-to-attend-medical-school-nobody-knows-since-he-wasnt-arrested/|archive-date=July 20, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/renaissance-man-myron-rolle-former-nfl-safety-and-rhodes-scholar-gets-degree-in-neurosurgery|title=Renaissance Man Myron Rolle, former NFL safety and Rhodes Scholar, gets degree in neurosurgery
|publisher=Fox News|date=May 20, 2017|access-date=May 20, 2017}} Rolle matched to a neurosurgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18938175/ex-florida-state-seminoles-star-myron-rolle-begin-residency-harvard-medical-school-massachusetts-general-hospital |title=Ex-Florida State DB Myron Rolle to begin Harvard medical residency |work=ESPN.com |date=March 18, 2017 |accessdate=March 18, 2017}} Rolle is a Global Neurosurgery Fellow at Harvard Medical School. In July 2020, Rolle stated he felt that due to COVID-19 the NFL should delay or cancel the 2020 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/us/football-player-doctor-covid-concerns/index.html|title=A doctor and former football player warns it's not safe for the NFL to start the season|publisher=CNN|last=Silverman|first=Hollie|date=July 29, 2020|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}
Personal life
He is the son of Whitney and Beverly Rolle. Myron is the youngest of five: Marchant, Marvis, Mordecai and McKinley. Rolle is the cousin of former safety Antrel Rolle, linebacker Brian Rolle, and former cornerback Samari Rolle.{{cite web|title=Eagles rookie linebacker Brian Rolle joining (distant) family business|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/eagles-rookie-linebacker-brian-rolle-joining-distant-family-business/article_ca0fddf9-0df2-580b-ae5f-9d20ddff984f.html|website=Press of Atlantic City.com|date=August 27, 2011 |accessdate=May 10, 2018}}{{cite web|title=He made his name in football. Now Myron Rolle's next play is becoming a brain surgeon |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/florida-state-university/article140614783.html|website=Miami Herald.com|accessdate=May 10, 2018}}
Myron married pediatric dentist, Dr. Latoya Legrand-Rolle, in 2017.{{Cite web|title=True calling for former Florida State star Myron Rolle revealed itself to everyone in coronavirus pandemic|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/true-calling-for-former-florida-state-star-myron-rolle-revealed-itself-in-coronavirus-pandemic-222250438.html|access-date=2020-07-29|website=sports.yahoo.com|date=May 12, 2020 |language=en-US}} He and his wife have two sets of twins, and the family resides in Orlando, Florida.{{Cite web |last=Axson |first=Scooby |title='My name is Dr. Rolle': Former Florida State star turned neurosurgeon writes his own story |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/acc/2022/05/18/myron-rolle-ex-florida-state-football-star-neurosurgeon-writes-book/6927561001/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} Rolle is a Christian.{{cite web |last1=Ackerman |first1=Jon |title=Myron Rolle, former NFL safety, battling coronavirus as neurosurgery resident, Christ's servant |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/football/2020/03/31/myron-rolle-former-nfl-safety-coronavirus-neurosurgery-resident-christ/ |website=Sports Spectrum |date=March 31, 2020 |access-date=18 June 2022}}
He was honored with membership into Omicron Delta Kappa in 2008 at FSU.
Bibliography
- Rolle, Myron L. (2022). The 2% Way: How a Philosophy of Small Improvements Took Me to Oxford, the NFL, and Neurosurgery. {{ISBN|978-0310363651}}.
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080803150946/http://www.myronrolle.com/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071112000358/http://seminoles.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rolle_myron00.html Florida State Seminoles football bio]
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