Perhaps OT, but dang..

[bostonsteeler]

[url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/20/394340722/john-urschel-ravens-offensive-lineman-publishes-math-paper[/url]

Obligatory Steeler reference -- have any Steelers, current or past, been known for scientific contributions?

[feltdizz]

"In this paper, we develop a cascadic multigrid algorithm for fast computation of the Fiedler vector of a graph Laplacian, namely, the eigenvector corresponding to the second smallest eigenvalue. This vector has been found to have applications in fields such as graph partitioning and graph drawing. The algorithm is a purely algebraic approach based on a heavy edge coarsening scheme and pointwise smoothing for refinement. To gain theoretical insight, we also consider the related cascadic multigrid method in the geometric setting for elliptic eigenvalue problems and show its uniform convergence under certain assumptions. Numerical tests are presented for computing the Fiedler vector of several practical graphs, and numerical results show the efficiency and optimality of our proposed cascadic multigrid algorithm."

[BradshawsHairdresser]

Somehow, I can't imagine a player like that having a conversation with the likes of Terrell Suggs...

[bostonsteeler]

Somehow, I can't imagine a player like that having a conversation with the likes of Terrell Suggs...

Perhaps Thuggs is a closet physicist?

I did a search for scientific achievements by NFL players and turned up a blank besides this one. Definitely a good first. There are several players with more than stellar academic records, but none who actually published anything.

Urschel may be the only NFLer with an Erdos number. One of these days he's going to act in a movie, and he'll start the "Erdos/Bacon/Unitas number" club..

[fordfixer]

Just how in depth could your search have been if you did not come up with these two former players both have published many things

[url]http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/books-by/tiki-barber#cart/cleanup[/url]

[Djfan]

So the Barber brothers are philosophers. Who knew?

[BradshawsHairdresser]

I'd like to see a book about the Barber brothers' barber!

[RuthlessBurgher]

I'd like to see a book about the Barber brothers' barber!

I guess it's pretty obvious what your username would be if this were a Giants message board.