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Myron Rolle has always dreamed big.

When he was 10 years old, he decided he wanted to be an NFL player and then become a doctor. Now 30, he already has achieved both goals.

Rolle did his undergraduate studies at Florida State University and played football for the Seminoles from 2006 through 2008.

He always put academics first, even on game days. He went straight from his interview for the Rhodes scholarship to College Park, Md., riding a chartered plane in order to play for the Seminoles. They defeated Maryland 37-3 on Nov. 22, 2008.

That interview must have gone well, because in 2009 he put his football career on hold in to study at Oxford after landing Rhodes scholarship.

After his time at Oxford, Rolle entered the 2010 NFL Draft. The Tennessee Titans selected him with the 207th overall pick in the sixth round.

After a short career in the NFL, he was released before playing a game in the 2012 season.

He quickly bounced back, and enrolled in medical school at FSU in 2013.

During his four years in medical school, he acted not only as an ambassador for the school, but also as a closer in Coach Jimbo Fisher's recruiting efforts for academically oriented enrollees.

Rolle was selected to do his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was his top choice.

Even though his NFL career didn’t last long, he believes his biggest accomplishments are yet to come.

"With neurosurgery, every day feels like a football game," he said to The Washington Post. "Every day I'm learning something new. Every brain is different, and there's so much about the brain that we don't know. ... Every day, it just feels like the lights are on, and you have to perform. And I like performing."