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Baltimore Ravens News / EssentiallySports / September 8
'It’s a Legitimate Liability': Ex-Ravens Star-Turned-MIT Professor John Urschel Reveals What Forced Him Into Retirement 

'It’s a Legitimate Liability': Ex-Ravens Star-Turned-MIT Professor John Urschel Reveals What Forced Him Into Retirement 

In 2015, former Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel wrote a candid essay titled “Why I Still Play Football” for The Players’ Tribune following San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland’s decision to leave the NFL.

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