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re: Smartest Athletes to come out of of LSU

Posted on 9/15/23 at 1:51 pm to
Posted by MicahTiger
Member since Dec 2021
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 1:51 pm to
Eric Reid
Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:12 pm to
Niswanger won the academic Heisman, pretty impressive for a top tier SEC player.
Posted by salty1
Member since Jun 2015
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:22 pm to
No mention of Tommy Banks yet (unless I missed it). He's a general practitioner in West Monroe. Not bad for a hard-hitting fullback. He had a shot in the NFL before med school, but reportedly elected to walk away from football to focus on medicine.
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:29 pm to
quote:

Shaq
Has a PhD from the esteemed Barry University
Posted by CajunRocks
Ruston
Member since Sep 2005
3403 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:30 pm to
Lewis Neal is an exceptional entrepreneur. Dude was making big money on the stock market while he was playing.
Posted by edgebr
Member since Oct 2018
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:36 pm to
Billy Cannon..
Posted by zeebo
Hammond
Member since Jan 2008
5196 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:38 pm to
Brad Davis orthodontist
Posted by ChuckUFarley
Up in heh!
Member since Jun 2022
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:42 pm to
quote:

I remember Rudy Niswanger having a 3.9 in Pre Med. Something like that.




Yeah Rudy won the Draddy award,, aka Academic Heisman, and is one of the smartest people that I know.
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:44 pm to
Scott Wharton
Posted by Bottom9
Arsenal Til I Die
Member since Jul 2010
21752 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:47 pm to
quote:

Andrew Hatch



What's this baw up to nowadays?
Posted by Itwasacleantackle
Member since Aug 2019
417 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:48 pm to
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Scott Wharton

I played ball with his son and he helped coach. Great guy and really smart. I didn’t even know he was a Doctor until years later.
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
51260 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:53 pm to
Tyron Johnson

This post was edited on 9/15/23 at 2:55 pm
Posted by Swamp Angel
Georgia
Member since Jul 2004
7307 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 2:58 pm to
Joseph "Nacho" Albergamo, anyone?


eta: I see nicholastiger had already mentioned him along with several other rather intelligent Tigers.
This post was edited on 9/15/23 at 3:01 pm
Posted by atltiger6487
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:03 pm to
Tommy Casanova is an ophthalmologist.

Billy Cannon was a dentist and orthodontist.
Posted by moldy_tiger
Member since Apr 2021
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:04 pm to
Seth Fruge is in Harvard’s plastic surgery school right now
Posted by tigerrage
North Carolina
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:06 pm to
Rodney Reed
Posted by lctiger
Member since Oct 2003
3288 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:07 pm to
Thanks for the compliment and I enjoyed those years of coaching more than you kids could ever believe. My era at LSU had several docs. Nacho, Sol Graves, Chad, myself. But the guy that hasn’t been mentioned set the curve on every test he took from Catholic High through med school and that’s Dr Mike Blanchard ortho in BR.
Posted by Whatifitwasurkid
God’s country
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:09 pm to
Tommy Casanova. Three time first team All American at LSU three time ProBowl with Cincinnati. Ophthalmologist and former Louisiana State Senator.
Posted by thetruthisnotkind
Houston
Member since Nov 2022
200 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:10 pm to
T-Bob Hebert
Posted by IM_4_LSU
Augusta, GA
Member since Mar 2014
8998 posts
Posted on 9/15/23 at 3:11 pm to
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Athletes that were engineering majors were by far the most impressive.


Caleb Gilbert was a Civil Engineer and he had like a 3.6 GPA if I remember correctly.
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