While playing football as a Trojan can result in a successful NFL career, the degree earned by graduating from USC lays the groundwork for a successful life. In a recent Trojan Family Magazine article, Mike Piellucci delves into the commitment many former USC football players have made to finish undergraduate study no matter where their post-USC life has taken them.
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"We do understand as players that it doesn't last forever," Marqise Lee, who is working to complete requirements for his degree in sociology each offseason, says of the NFL in Piellucci's article. "A degree can last forever and helps get a nice job after playing. I've got to get a degree to get the job I want. My main focus is helping as many kids as I can."
