Back in 2010, sporting news named him one of the top 20 smartest athletes in sports.
17. Sean Bedford, C, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Age: 22
On-field accomplishments: 2009 All-ACC first team, on the preseason watch lists for the Outland and Rimington trophies.
Major, GPA: Aerospace engineering and public policy (minor in law science and technology), 3.8
SAT score: 1520. I didn't study. I took it three times. First one in seventh grade and got 1130. The next time in 10th grade and got 1400.
Off-field/intellectual interests: I've always been fascinated with the space program. ... I'd love to be an astronaut. At the moment, being (6-1, 281), none of them are quite as big as I am.
What I'm reading now: Right now, I'm reading The Prince, by Machiavelli. After that, I'll move on to Paradise Lost, by Milton. I try to keep it to one a week, and if I have spare time, pick it up more.
Nerdiest thing about me: When I was 7 or 8 years old, I could give you the name of not only every NASA mission from the first Mercury flights to the end of the Apollo program, I could name the crew and give a brief synopsis of each mission.