UCF-bound Brendon Hayes puts academics first with college decision

[Central Floridave]

UCF-bound Brendon Hayes puts academics first with college decision


Future college football players tend to consider a number of factors
when choosing a school. Among them, naturally, is education.

For Brother Martin defensive lineman Brendon Hayes, it was only education.

http://www.nola.com/recruiting/index.ssf/2015/02/u

 

[Jaredf29]

Smart kid, he'll go far with that attitude.

 

[Shark19]

Very smart kid.....long after your athletic career is over being able to earn over $200k as an Engineer makes for a decent living

 

[SCKnight]

A breath of fresh air in this money grabbing, instant gratification, look at me world of college football. I am sure that UCF's graduation rate and emphasis on academics helped. But I have to tell you that it is hard enough to get an engineering degree without the demands of a football schedule. I assume that having all the tutors and other help can make it easier.

I hope the guy becomes an academic all-American.

 

[UCF08]

Originally posted by SCKnight:

A breath of fresh air in this money grabbing, instant gratification, look at me world of college football.

Well that's a silly statement.

Of course the media is going to focus on players with most the pro-potential and players who get peoples attention, so it naturally follows that those are going to be the athletes whom you're most exposed to. Just remember that every time a Johnny Football lined up, there were 21 other student athletes out there. Players whose names you or I will never remember, who got their degrees, helped their schools team, and were quietly forgotten.

This post was edited on 2/3 9:51 PM by UCF08