Jerome Bettis has one of the most intriguing stories of any NFL player out there. As a youth, his initial passion was bowling, he struggled immensely with asthma, he and his brother sold drugs to make ends meet growing up in Detroit, and he didn't play football until high school. Despite this long list of adversities, it didn't stop Bettis from becoming one of the greatest running backs of all time.
After flourishing during his three-season stint at the University of Notre Dame, Bettis was selected 10th overall in the 193 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams where instantly became one of the NFL's top running backs. Throughout his thirteen-season NFL career, Jerome 'The Bus' Bettis ran for a total of 13,662 yards making him the seventh in all-time rushing yards. The 6x Pro Bowler and Hall of Famer ended his football career on a high note after leading his Pittsburgh Steelers team to a Super Bowl victory in 2005. We have yet to see another big boy runningback as agile and dominant as Jerome Bettis was to this day.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.