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Myron Rolle: Ex-NFL Rhodes scholar to address graduates

Atlanticville

Rhodes scholar and former National Football League (NFL) player Myron Rolle will be the keynote speaker at Monmouth University’s winter commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Multipurpose Activity Center (MAC). At the ceremony, Rolle will also receive an honorary degree in public service.

Rolle, a former safety with the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers, entered the NFL as a sixth-round draft pick after taking a year to study at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar. He is one of only three people to have received a Rhodes scholarship and an NFL contract.

He is a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and serves on the Board of Trustees at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.

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