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{{Short description|Canadian-American mathematician, football player and chess player (born in 1991)}}
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'''John Cameron Urschel''' (born June 24, 1991) is a Canadian-American mathematician and former professional [[American football|football]] [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/roster/John-Urschel/69bcc60c-a54b-460f-aa91-afc2d0a2ecee|title=Baltimore Ravens: John Urschel|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903143210/http://www.baltimoreravens.com/team/roster/John-Urschel/69bcc60c-a54b-460f-aa91-afc2d0a2ecee|archive-date=September 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://math.mit.edu/~urschel/notices.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 13, 2016 |archive-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716215405/http://math.mit.edu/~urschel/notices.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He played [[college football]] at [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] and was drafted by the [[Baltimore Ravens]] in the fifth round of the [[2014 NFL draft]]. Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old.
'''John Cameron Urschel''' (born June 24, 1991) is a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born [[American football]] [[Guard (American and Canadian football)|guard]] for the [[Baltimore Ravens]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL), who has also published peer-reviewed articles in mathematics. He was drafted by the Ravens in the fifth round of the [[2014 NFL Draft]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]]. He also has bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Penn State.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadspin.com/ravens-lineman-john-urschel-loves-math-more-than-you-lo-1692687404 | title=Ravens Lineman John Urschel Loves Math More Than You Love Anything |work=Deadspin |date=March 20, 2015 |accessdate=March 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://twitter.com/MathMeetsFball/status/337671630551662592/photo/1|title = John Urschel|date = May 23, 2013|accessdate = March 23, 2015|website = Twitter}}</ref>


Urschel has bachelor's and master's degrees (both from Penn State) and a PhD (from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]), all in mathematics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadspin.com/ravens-lineman-john-urschel-loves-math-more-than-you-lo-1692687404 |title=Ravens Lineman John Urschel Loves Math More Than You Love Anything |work=Deadspin |date=March 20, 2015 |access-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MathMeetsFball/status/337671630551662592/photo/1|title=John Urschel|date=May 23, 2013|access-date=March 23, 2015|publisher=Twitter}}</ref> Urschel is also an advanced stats columnist for ''[[The Players' Tribune]]''. He served a three-year term on the [[College Football Playoff]] selection committee which began in the spring of 2020,<ref name="rltbn200122w"/> and is an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |title=John Urschel's Homepage |url=https://math.mit.edu/~urschel/ |website=math.mit.edu |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref>
==College career==
shyanne Urschel attended [[mc donalds State University]], and played for the [[Penn State Nittany Lions football]] team from 2009 to 2013. A starter in all 24 games in 2012 & 2013 and the anchor of the offensive line, he was elected a 2013 co-captain and was among the eight Nittany Lions who had earned their degrees prior to the start of the season. In 2013, he won both the [[William V. Campbell Trophy]]<ref name="Urschel-CampbellTrophy">{{Cite web | url = http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121013aaf.html | title = Urschel Earns Prestigious Campbell Trophy at National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Dinner |publisher=GoPSUsports.com|accessdate=December 10, 2013}}</ref> and the [[Senior CLASS Award]] - Football.<ref name="Urschel-SeniorCLASSaward">{{Cite web | url = http://www.seniorclassaward.com/news/viehw/john_urschel_of_penn_state_wins_the_2013_senior_class_award_for_fbs_footbal/ | title = John Urschel of Penn State wins the 2013 Senior CLASS Award® for FBS football |publisher=seniorclassaward.com|accessdate=December 23, 2013}}</ref> Urschel has also won the 84th AAU [[James E. Sullivan Award]].<ref name="Urschel-SullivanAward">{{Cite web | url = http://www.seniorclassaward.com/news/view/john_urschel_of_penn_state_wins_the_2013_senior_class_award_for_fbs_footbal/ | title = John Urschel Named 84th James E. Sullivan Award Winner |publisher=aausports.org|accessdate=April 11, 2014}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
Urschel also was a three-year captain with the [[track & field]] team. He placed first in the [[shot put]] at the 2009 Sec. 6 Rankings, recording a career-best throw of 17.37 meters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sec. 6 Rankings |url=http://ny.milesplit.com/meets/47943/results/84136 |work=MileSplit New York |date=February 11, 2009 |accessdate=March 23, 2015}}</ref> He also competed in the [[discus throw|discus]] (top-throw of 42.21 meters at the 2009 JFK Early Bird Invitational, placing third).
Urschel was born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], Canada. His parents, John Urschel and Venita Parker, were a surgeon and attorney, respectively.<ref name="Hmm Daily 2018">{{cite web |last1=Ellenberg |first1=Jordan |date=September 28, 2018 |title=John Urschel Goes Pro |url=https://hmmdaily.com/2018/09/28/john-urschel-goes-pro/ |access-date=September 29, 2018 |website=Hmm Daily}}</ref> He grew up in [[Buffalo, New York]] where he graduated from [[Canisius High School]] in 2009.<ref name="rltbn200122w">[https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/canisius-high-graduate-john-urschel-joins-college-football-playoff-selection-committee/article_09043eb3-5619-5a16-8fc3-ec6713a5115f.html Lenzi, Rachel. "Canisius High graduate John Urschel joins College Football Playoff selection committee," ''The Buffalo'' (NY) ''News'', Wednesday, January 22, 2020.] Retrieved December 19, 2022.</ref>


He earned bachelor's (2012) and master's (2013) degrees in mathematics at [[Pennsylvania State University]], and a doctorate (2021) at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. While at Penn State, he was awarded the [[William V. Campbell Trophy]], known as the "academic Heisman".
==Professional career==

===2014 NFL Draft===
==Professional football career==
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Urschel was selected by the [[Baltimore Ravens]] in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2014/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played in 11 games, starting three, for the Ravens in 2014. He appeared in 16 games, starting seven, for the team in 2015. He played in 13 games, starting three, his final season in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/U/UrscJo00.htm | title=John Urschel | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=pro-football-reference.com | access-date=April 22, 2016}}</ref>
===Baltimore Ravens===

Urschel was selected 175th overall in the fifth round of the [[2014 NFL Draft]] by the [[Baltimore Ravens]].<ref name="Urschel-2014Draft">{{Cite web | url = http://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2014/05/penn_state_football_former_gua.html#incart_river_default/ | title = Penn State Football: Former guard Urschel heads to the Baltimore Ravens in fifth-round of NFL Draft |publisher=pennlive.com|accessdate=May 10, 2014}}</ref> On May 14, 2014, Urschel signed a deal worth $2.364 million, including a $144,560 signing bonus. <ref name="Urschel-2014Signing">{{Cite web | url = http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bal-ravens-sign-crockett-gillmore-john-urschel-and-keith-wenning-20140514,0,5249652.story?track=rss | title = Ravens sign Crockett Gillmore, John Urschel and Keith Wenning |publisher=baltimoresun.com|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}</ref> During his rookie year, he started writing a column for [[The Players Tribune|The Player's Tribune]]. His first article looks at the distribution of college football players' majors.<ref name="PlayersTribune-MathMeetsFootball">{{Cite web | url = http://www.theplayerstribune.com/math-meets-football-one-in-600-billion/ | title = Math Meets Football: One in 600 Billion |work=The Players' Tribune|accessdate=December 5, 2014}}</ref> His second article, "Why I Still Play Football" was in response to the recent retirement of [[Chris Borland]], a former 49er who quit the game due to the potential risks of brain injury. Urschel expresses that he envies Borland, but is unable to quit the NFL because of his deep passion for the game.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Urschel|first1=John|title=Why I Still Play Football|url=http://www.theplayerstribune.com/why-i-play-football/|accessdate=March 22, 2015|work=The Players' Tribune|date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> Urschel played 11 games with 3 starts during his rookie year in 2014.
On July 27, 2017, Urschel announced his retirement from the NFL after three seasons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Genius-Mathematician-John-Urschel-Is-Retiring-From-the-NFL/f6bad749-3ef1-4f90-b4fc-f05aea3ca5c5|title=Genius Mathematician John Urschel Is Retiring From the NFL|author=Mink, Ryan|website=BaltimoreRavens.com|date=July 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728121511/http://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/article-1/Genius-John-Urschel-Explains-His-Decision-To-Retire-From-NFL/f6bad749-3ef1-4f90-b4fc-f05aea3ca5c5|archive-date=July 28, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=John Urschel tells Ravens he's retiring from NFL|url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000822459/article/ravens-center-john-urschel-opts-to-retire-from-football|author=Orr, Conor|website=NFL.com|date=July 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728090609/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000822459/article/ravens-center-john-urschel-opts-to-retire-from-football|archive-date=July 28, 2017|access-date=December 16, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' reported that the ''[[JAMA (journal)|JAMA]]'' study on the prevalence of [[chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE) in deceased players was a factor in Urschel's decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-ravens-john-urschel-0727-story.html | access-date=December 16, 2020|date=July 27, 2017|last1 = Walker |first1=Childs|first2 = Scott |last2=Dance|first3=Jeff |last3=Zrebiec |work = [[The Baltimore Sun]]|title=Concerned with long-term damage from head injuries, Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel retires|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081614/http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ravens-insider/bs-sp-ravens-john-urschel-0727-story.html|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Officially he stated, "This [CTE] was actually a serious, serious concern of mine. Yes, I am retiring; I did retire. But at the same time, I love the NFL. I love football. I wouldn't trade my experiences for the world. I do believe that football is a great game. I didn't want to be fodder for anti-football establishments."<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Urschel Tells the Full Story of Why He Retired, And Why He Doesn't Want it to Hurt Football |url=https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/john-urschel-tells-the-full-story-of-why-he-retired-and-why-he-doesn-t--19341598 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.baltimoreravens.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

His retirement as an active player was not the end of his participation in the sport. He was appointed to the [[College Football Playoff]] selection committee on January 22, 2020, serving a three-year term which began in the spring of that year.<ref name="rltbn200122w"/>


==Mathematics career==
==Mathematics career==
In 2015, Urschel co-authored a paper in the [http://www.global-sci.org/jcm/ Journal of Computational Mathematics].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mullen|first1=Jethro|title=Unusual equation: Baltimore Ravens' guard John Urschel is a math whiz|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/22/us/nfl-baltimore-ravens-john-urschel-math/|accessdate=March 22, 2015|publisher=CNN.com|date=March 22, 2015}}</ref> It is titled "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians" and includes "a cascadic [[multigrid]] [[algorithm]] for fast computation of the [[Fiedler vector]] of a graph [[Laplacian]], namely, the [[eigenvector]] corresponding to the second smallest eigenvalue."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Urschel|first1=John C.|last2=Hu|first2=Xiaozhe|last3=Xu|first3=Jinchao|last4=Zikatanov|first4=Ludmil T.|title=A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians|journal=[http://www.global-sci.org/jcm Journal of Computational Mathematics]|volume=33|page=pp.209-226|year=2015|url=http://www.global-sci.org/jcm/openaccess/v33n2/pdf/332-209.pdf}}</ref>
While doing his master's at Penn State, Urschel was involved in teaching vector calculus, trigonometry and analytic geometry, and introduction to econometrics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://math.mit.edu/~urschel/teaching.html|title=John Urschel's Homepage|website=math.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=November 9, 2018|archive-date=December 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208205659/http://math.mit.edu/~urschel/teaching.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, Urschel was named Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar by ''Diverse: Issues In Higher Education''.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Urschel |url=https://www.diverseeducation.com/awards-honors/arthur-ashe/2014/male-sport-finalists/article/15112123/john-urschel |website=Diverse: Issues In Higher Education |date=March 31, 2014 |publisher=Cox, Matthews, and Associates |access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref> In 2015, Urschel co-authored a paper in the ''Journal of Computational Mathematics''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mullen|first1=Jethro|title=Unusual equation: Baltimore Ravens' guard John Urschel is a math whiz|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/22/us/nfl-baltimore-ravens-john-urschel-math/|access-date=March 22, 2015|publisher=CNN.com|date=March 22, 2015}}</ref> titled "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians". It includes "a cascadic [[multigrid]] [[algorithm]] for fast computation of the [[Fiedler vector]] of a graph [[Laplacian matrix|Laplacian]], namely, the [[eigenvector]] corresponding to the second smallest eigenvalue."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Urschel |first1=John C. |last2=Hu |first2=Xiaozhe |last3=Xu |first3=Jinchao |last4=Zikatanov |first4=Ludmil T. |title=A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians |journal=Journal of Computational Mathematics |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=209–226 |year=2015 |url=http://www.global-sci.org/jcm/openaccess/v33n2/pdf/332-209.pdf |doi=10.4208/jcm.1412-m2014-0041 |arxiv=1412.0565 |s2cid=7241927 |access-date=April 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427111637/http://www.global-sci.org/jcm/openaccess/v33n2/pdf/332-209.pdf |archive-date=April 27, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Urschel began a Ph.D. in mathematics at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=Stephen D.|year=2016|title='I plan to be a great mathematician': An NFL Offensive Lineman Shows He's One of Us|journal=[[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]]|volume=63|number=2|pages=148–151|url=http://www.ams.org/publications/journals/notices/201602/rnoti-p148.pdf|doi=10.1090/noti1331|doi-access=free}}</ref> focusing on [[spectral graph theory]], [[numerical linear algebra]], and [[machine learning]].<ref name="SN20160525">{{cite news |last1=Clements |first1=Ron |title=Ravens guard John Urschel's straight-A streak continues at MIT |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/ravens-john-urschel-straight-a-streak-college-mit-baltimore/a4zwr37liefw1x3jaeso9ttgq |access-date=June 9, 2016 |work=Sporting News |date=May 25, 2016}}</ref> MIT does not allow Ph.D. students to study part-time; while the Ravens knew that he was taking classes, Urschel admitted after retiring from the team that he did not disclose that he was a full-time graduate student, having taken [[correspondence classes]] in between games and practices.<ref name="heck20170907">{{Cite news |last=Heck |first=Jordan |date=2017-09-07 |title=John Urschel didn't tell Ravens he was a full-time Ph.D. student at MIT while in the NFL |language=en |work=Sporting News |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/john-urschel-freakonomics-podcast-baltimore-ravens-news-mit-student-phd/cdfoz8ktenla1llde621xg2xa |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref> On January 4, 2017, Urschel was named to Forbes' "[[Forbes 30 Under 30|30 Under 30]]" list of outstanding young scientists and owns the following blurb: "Urschel has published six peer-reviewed mathematics papers to date and has three more ready for review. He's won academic awards for his math prowess. All this while playing guard for the Baltimore Ravens."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/blog/baltimore-ravens/post/_/id/33058/ravens-john-urschel-makes-prestigious-forbes-30-under-30-list|title=Ravens' John Urschel makes prestigious Forbes '30 Under 30' list|date=January 4, 2017 |access-date=September 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-urschel/|title=John Urschel|website=[[Forbes]] |access-date=September 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name= "goemans">{{cite web|title=Michel Goemans People|url=http://www-math.mit.edu/~goemans/students.html|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=November 1, 2020}}</ref>

Since 2017, Urschel has had an [[Erdős number]] of 4. His PhD thesis on ''Graphs, Principal Minors, and Eigenvalue Problems'' was completed in 2021 under [[Michel Goemans]] at MIT. He was a member of the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/freeTools.html?version=2|title=MR:Search MSC database|website=mathscinet.ams.org|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> In the Fall of 2023, Urschel joined the faculty of MIT as an assistant professor in the MIT Math department.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Urschel's homepage at MIT |url=https://math.mit.edu/~urschel/ |access-date=1 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=School of Science welcomes new faculty in 2023 |url=https://news.mit.edu/2023/school-science-welcomes-new-faculty-0925 |access-date=1 October 2023 |agency=MIT News |date=September 25, 2023}}</ref> He is also a Junior Fellow at the [[Harvard Society of Fellows]] (currently on leave).<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Urschel's Homepage |url=https://math.mit.edu/~urschel/ |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=math.mit.edu}}</ref>

=== Awards and honors ===
* 2009: Mr. Canisius<ref name=":|">{{Cite news|url=https://www.canisiushigh.org/student-life/mr-canisius-2024|title=Mr. Canisius {{!}} Canisius High School|access-date=June 12, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
* 2013: Senior CLASS Award<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/506443/2018/02/20/campus-life/heard-campus-john-urschel-penn-state-forum|title=Heard on Campus: John Urschel at the Penn State Forum {{!}} Penn State University|access-date=November 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* 2016–2018: Dean of Science Fellowship<ref name=":0" />
* 2017: ''Forbes''{{'}}s "30 Under 30" list in science<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/john-urschel/#4b2b679258e9|title=John Urschel|work=Forbes|access-date=November 9, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* 2024: Doctor of Letters, ''[[honoris causa]]'', [[Dartmouth College]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2024 Honorary Degree Recipients |url=https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/04/announcing-2024-honorary-degree-recipients |access-date=June 10, 2024 |website=Dartmouth.edu |date=April 11, 2024 }}</ref>

=== Papers ===
* Dhruv Rohatgi, John C. Urschel, Jake Wellens. "Regarding Two Conjectures on Clique and Biclique Partitions", Preprint, {{arXiv|2005.02529}}.
* John C. Urschel, "Uniform Error Estimates for the Lanczos Method", Preprint, {{arXiv|2003.09362}}.
* John C. Urschel, Jake Wellens. [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020019020301708 "Testing k-Planarity Is NP-Complete"], ''Information Processing Letters''.
* Victor-Emmanuel Brunel, Ankur Moitra, Philippe Rigollet, John C. Urschel. "Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Determinantal Point Processes", Preprint, {{arXiv|1701.06501}}.
* John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "Discrete Trace Theorems and Energy Minimizing Spring Embeddings of Planar Graphs", ''Linear Algebra and Its Applications'', 2021.
* John C. Urschel. "Nodal Decompositions of Graphs", ''Linear Algebra and Its Applications'', Volume 539, 60-71, 2018.
* John C. Urschel. "On the Characterization and Uniqueness of Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations", ''SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis'', 55(3), 1525-1547, 2017.
* John C. Urschel, Victor-Emmanuel Brunel, Ankur Moitra, Phillipe Rigollet. "Learning Determinantal Point Processes with Moments and Cycles", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2017.
* Victor-Emmanuel Brunel, Ankur Moitra, Philippe Rigollet, John Urschel. "Rates of Estimation for Determinantal Point Processes", Conference on Learning Theory (COLT), 2017.
* Xiaozhe Hu, John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "On the Approximation of Laplacian Eigenvalues in Graph Disaggregation", ''Linear and Multilinear Algebra'', 65(9): 1805-1822, 2017.
* John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "On the Maximal Error of Spectral Approximation of Graph Bisection", ''Linear and Multilinear Algebra'', 64(10): 1972-1979, 2016.
* John C. Urschel, Xiaozhe Hu, Jinchao Xu, Ludmil Zikatanov. "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians", ''Journal of Computational Mathematics'', Volume 33 No. 2, 2015, 209-226.
* John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "Spectral Bisection of Graphs and Connectednes"s, ''Linear Algebra and Its Applications'', Volume 449, 1-16, 2014.
* John C. Urschel. "A Space-Time Multigrid Method for the Numerical Valuation of Barrier Options", ''Communications in Mathematical Finance'', Volume 2, no. 3, 1-20, 2013.
* John C. Urschel, Joseph R. Galante. "Instabilities in the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid Three Body Problem", ''Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy'', Volume 115, Issue 3, 233–259, 2013

==Chess==
Urschel competed in the 2015 Pittsburgh Open, finishing in 12th place (tied for 9th) with 3.0 points (+2-1=2) in the Under 1700 rating section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201503088782.4-15685531|title=2015 Pittsburgh Open|date=November 2, 2016|access-date=November 2, 2016|publisher=United States Chess Federation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.umanitoba.ca/mathlete-in-the-house-nfler-cum-mathematician-john-urschel-to-deliver-public-lecture-at-u-of-m/|title=Mathlete in the House: NFLer-cum-mathematician John Urschel to deliver public lecture at U of M|website=news.umanitoba.ca|language=en|access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> Urschel competes in competitive [[online chess]] on [[Chess.com]], and he has commentated for Chess.com's BlitzChamps event, a [[Rapid Chess|rapid]] tournament for [[NFL]] players.

==Personal life==
Urschel is married to writer [[Louisa Thomas]], whom he met when she was profiling him for ''[[Grantland]]''. In 2017, their daughter, Joanna, was born.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 30, 2019 |title=It all adds up: Lineman John Urschel loves his post-NFL life |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/1e202fa3d8ed4098a045eb5c654fd6bf |access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> Urschel's autobiography, ''Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football'', was co-written by Thomas and published in 2019.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football|isbn = 978-0735224865|last1 = Urschel|first1 = John|last2 = Thomas|first2 = Louisa|year = 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.carasantamaria.com/podcast/john-urschel|title=Talk Nerdy Episode 271 - John Urschel|date=2019-08-19|last=Santa Maria|first=Cara|type=Podcast|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Frank Ryan (American football)|Frank Ryan]] – former NFL player and mathematician, who maintained an academic career while playing in the league


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Latest revision as of 03:16, 30 November 2024

John Urschel
Urschel in 2015
Born (1991-06-24) June 24, 1991 (age 33)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
ThesisGraphs, Principal Minors, and Eigenvalue Problems (2017)
Doctoral advisorMichel Goemans
American football career
Personal information
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:Canisius (Buffalo, New York)
College:Penn State
NFL draft:2014 / round: 5 / pick: 175
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:40
Games started:13
Stats at Pro Football Reference

John Cameron Urschel (born June 24, 1991) is a Canadian-American mathematician and former professional football guard.[1][2] He played college football at Penn State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft. Urschel played his entire NFL career with Baltimore before announcing his retirement on July 27, 2017, at 26 years old.

Urschel has bachelor's and master's degrees (both from Penn State) and a PhD (from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), all in mathematics.[3][4] Urschel is also an advanced stats columnist for The Players' Tribune. He served a three-year term on the College Football Playoff selection committee which began in the spring of 2020,[5] and is an assistant professor at the Department of Mathematics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6]

Early life and education

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Urschel was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His parents, John Urschel and Venita Parker, were a surgeon and attorney, respectively.[7] He grew up in Buffalo, New York where he graduated from Canisius High School in 2009.[5]

He earned bachelor's (2012) and master's (2013) degrees in mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, and a doctorate (2021) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While at Penn State, he was awarded the William V. Campbell Trophy, known as the "academic Heisman".

Professional football career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press Wonderlic
6 ft 3 in
(1.91 m) 		313 lb
(142 kg) 		33 in
(0.84 m) 		10+3⁄8 in
(0.26 m)		 5.31 s 1.84 s 3.08 s 4.47 s 7.55 s 29.0 in
(0.74 m)		 8 ft 6 in
(2.59 m)		 30 reps 43[8]
All values from NFL Combine[9][10]

Urschel was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL draft.[11] He played in 11 games, starting three, for the Ravens in 2014. He appeared in 16 games, starting seven, for the team in 2015. He played in 13 games, starting three, his final season in 2016.[12]

On July 27, 2017, Urschel announced his retirement from the NFL after three seasons.[13][14] The Baltimore Sun reported that the JAMA study on the prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in deceased players was a factor in Urschel's decision.[15] Officially he stated, "This [CTE] was actually a serious, serious concern of mine. Yes, I am retiring; I did retire. But at the same time, I love the NFL. I love football. I wouldn't trade my experiences for the world. I do believe that football is a great game. I didn't want to be fodder for anti-football establishments."[16]

His retirement as an active player was not the end of his participation in the sport. He was appointed to the College Football Playoff selection committee on January 22, 2020, serving a three-year term which began in the spring of that year.[5]

Mathematics career

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While doing his master's at Penn State, Urschel was involved in teaching vector calculus, trigonometry and analytic geometry, and introduction to econometrics.[17] In 2014, Urschel was named Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.[18] In 2015, Urschel co-authored a paper in the Journal of Computational Mathematics[19] titled "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians". It includes "a cascadic multigrid algorithm for fast computation of the Fiedler vector of a graph Laplacian, namely, the eigenvector corresponding to the second smallest eigenvalue."[20]

Urschel began a Ph.D. in mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2016,[21] focusing on spectral graph theory, numerical linear algebra, and machine learning.[22] MIT does not allow Ph.D. students to study part-time; while the Ravens knew that he was taking classes, Urschel admitted after retiring from the team that he did not disclose that he was a full-time graduate student, having taken correspondence classes in between games and practices.[23] On January 4, 2017, Urschel was named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list of outstanding young scientists and owns the following blurb: "Urschel has published six peer-reviewed mathematics papers to date and has three more ready for review. He's won academic awards for his math prowess. All this while playing guard for the Baltimore Ravens."[24][25][26]

Since 2017, Urschel has had an Erdős number of 4. His PhD thesis on Graphs, Principal Minors, and Eigenvalue Problems was completed in 2021 under Michel Goemans at MIT. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[27] In the Fall of 2023, Urschel joined the faculty of MIT as an assistant professor in the MIT Math department.[28][29] He is also a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows (currently on leave).[30]

Awards and honors

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Papers

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  • Dhruv Rohatgi, John C. Urschel, Jake Wellens. "Regarding Two Conjectures on Clique and Biclique Partitions", Preprint, arXiv:2005.02529.
  • John C. Urschel, "Uniform Error Estimates for the Lanczos Method", Preprint, arXiv:2003.09362.
  • John C. Urschel, Jake Wellens. "Testing k-Planarity Is NP-Complete", Information Processing Letters.
  • Victor-Emmanuel Brunel, Ankur Moitra, Philippe Rigollet, John C. Urschel. "Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Determinantal Point Processes", Preprint, arXiv:1701.06501.
  • John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "Discrete Trace Theorems and Energy Minimizing Spring Embeddings of Planar Graphs", Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 2021.
  • John C. Urschel. "Nodal Decompositions of Graphs", Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Volume 539, 60-71, 2018.
  • John C. Urschel. "On the Characterization and Uniqueness of Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations", SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 55(3), 1525-1547, 2017.
  • John C. Urschel, Victor-Emmanuel Brunel, Ankur Moitra, Phillipe Rigollet. "Learning Determinantal Point Processes with Moments and Cycles", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2017.
  • Victor-Emmanuel Brunel, Ankur Moitra, Philippe Rigollet, John Urschel. "Rates of Estimation for Determinantal Point Processes", Conference on Learning Theory (COLT), 2017.
  • Xiaozhe Hu, John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "On the Approximation of Laplacian Eigenvalues in Graph Disaggregation", Linear and Multilinear Algebra, 65(9): 1805-1822, 2017.
  • John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "On the Maximal Error of Spectral Approximation of Graph Bisection", Linear and Multilinear Algebra, 64(10): 1972-1979, 2016.
  • John C. Urschel, Xiaozhe Hu, Jinchao Xu, Ludmil Zikatanov. "A Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians", Journal of Computational Mathematics, Volume 33 No. 2, 2015, 209-226.
  • John C. Urschel, Ludmil T. Zikatanov. "Spectral Bisection of Graphs and Connectednes"s, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Volume 449, 1-16, 2014.
  • John C. Urschel. "A Space-Time Multigrid Method for the Numerical Valuation of Barrier Options", Communications in Mathematical Finance, Volume 2, no. 3, 1-20, 2013.
  • John C. Urschel, Joseph R. Galante. "Instabilities in the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid Three Body Problem", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Volume 115, Issue 3, 233–259, 2013

Chess

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Urschel competed in the 2015 Pittsburgh Open, finishing in 12th place (tied for 9th) with 3.0 points (+2-1=2) in the Under 1700 rating section.[35][36] Urschel competes in competitive online chess on Chess.com, and he has commentated for Chess.com's BlitzChamps event, a rapid tournament for NFL players.

Personal life

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Urschel is married to writer Louisa Thomas, whom he met when she was profiling him for Grantland. In 2017, their daughter, Joanna, was born.[37] Urschel's autobiography, Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football, was co-written by Thomas and published in 2019.[38][39]

See also

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  • Frank Ryan – former NFL player and mathematician, who maintained an academic career while playing in the league

References

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  15. ^ Walker, Childs; Dance, Scott; Zrebiec, Jeff (July 27, 2017). "Concerned with long-term damage from head injuries, Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel retires". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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  39. ^ Santa Maria, Cara (August 19, 2019). Talk Nerdy Episode 271 - John Urschel (Podcast).
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