WEBVTT 11 NEWS REPORTER LISA ROBINSON HAS THE STORY. LISA: HE PLAYS FOR THE NFL, EARNING HIS PHD AND SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHERS. BALTIMORE RAVEN JOHN URSCHEL SPENT THE AFTERNOON WITH SENIOR STATISTICS STUDENTS AT NOTRE DAME PREP AND HOUSTON. URSCHEL WILL TELL YOU HE'S ALWAYS LOVED MATH AND FOOTBALL. AND HE'S FOUND A WAY TO DO BOTH. URSCHEL KNOWS HIS NUMBERS. THE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN EARNED HIS MATH DEGREE FROM PENN STATE IN THREE YEARS AND THE NEXT YEAR GRADUATED WITH A MASTERS. IN THE OFF-SEASON, HE'S EARNING HIS PHD FROM M.I.T.. >> THE TRUTH IS YOU HAVE TO MAKE SACRIFICES BUT IF YOU'RE DOING THINGS YOU LOVE, YOU WILL BE FINE WITH THE SACRIFICES. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW KIDS THAT MATH IS COOL. THERE ARE THINGS THEY CAN DO IN THE SCIENCES. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? LISA: TALKING MATH WITH NUMBER 64 IS A HUGE PLUS FOR THESE YOUNG WOMEN. A TALK THEY WILL CARRY WITH THEM FOR SOME TIME. >> IT IS INSPIRING THAT HE IS GETTING HIS PHD WHILE STILL BEING A FULL-TIME FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR THE RAVENS. >> MAKES IT SEEM LIKE MATH PHYSICAL THING TO DO. LISA: URSCHEL SAYS SACRIFICE AND HARD WORK WILL BRING INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. >> WE ARE HEADED TO AN AGE WHERE MATHEMATICIANS AND -- THEY ARE INCREASINGLY RELEVANT. INCLUDING APPLIED MATHEMATICIANS AS IT RELATES TO COMPUTER SCIENCE.