Irving Fryar Beats the Odds, Earns His Doctorate Before 50Irving Fryar Beats the Odds, Earns His Doctorate Before 50
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Irving Fryar Beats the Odds, Earns His Doctorate Before 50

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In this the season that celebrates 50 consecutive years of Nebraska football sellouts, Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEIrving Fryar will turn 50 on Sept. 28. One of Nebraska’s best football players ever, Fryar already has celebrated his milestone because he promised himself he would earn a doctorate degree before 50. Fortunately, he beat the clock with more than three months to spare, and within two hours of receiving his diploma in North Carolina, Dr. Irving Fryar called Dr. Tom Osborne to thank the driving force behind the achievement.

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Fryar was an All-American at Nebraska. He was one of The Triplets with Turner Gill and Mike Rozier, who will be sitting next to him Saturday when Nebraska opens the season against Southern Miss. Fryar was the first overall pick in the 1984 NFL Draft. From 1984-2000, he played with the Patriots, Dolphins, Eagles and Redskins. He caught 851 NFL passes and made the Pro Bowl five times, but none of that meant more to him than earning his Ph.D. in philosophy in theology from North Carolina College of Theology in Wilmington, N.C.

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