Warren Moon might not be the most decorated football player to make this list, but on just pure will and skill alone, Warren Moon is amongst one of the better quarterbacks to ever pick up a football. Not to mention, Moon played a total of twenty-three seasons of football as a professional making his durability and longevity a key component to the success he had has as a high IQ football player who's able to recognize defensive scenes with his eyes closed. The 6'3 quarterback from Los Angeles, California attended a local junior college for two years prior to taking his talents to the University of Washington. In his first two seasons as a starter with the Washington Huskies, Moon ended up with a .500 record of 11-11. However, during his senior season, Warren Moon led the Huskies to a PAC-8 Championship and upset win over the Michigan Wolverines in the 1978 Rose Bowl and was named the game's MVP.
Despite his amazing play in college, Warren Moon went undrafted in the twelve-round 1978 NFL Draft and decided to play for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos where he helped lead the franchise to five straight Grey Cup victories (1978-1982) and was named the Grey Cup MVP twice (1980 and 1982). After having so much success in the CFL, Moon took an offer from the NFL's Houston Oilers in 1984 where he would play for the next decade. Warren Moon also played short stints with the likes of Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, and Kansas City Chiefs before retiring mid-season in 2001. Throughout his NFL career, Moon threw for over 4,000 yards on four different occasions in a single season. He also threw for nearly 50,000 yards in the NFL alone, if you were to combine Moon's CFL stats with his NFL stats, we'd be staring at one of the most dominant quarterbacks of all-time. While Moon did never win a Super Bowl, he was able go to the Pro Bowl a total of nine times.
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.