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Ravens’ John Urschel drives used car he bought for $9,000

By Mike Dyce

Dec 7, 2014; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel (64) during the second half against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium. Ravens won 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 7, 2014; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel (64) during the second half against the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium. Ravens won 28-13. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel drives a used Nissan Versa he bought for $9,000.

During NFL training camps every where we find out some interesting things about players. This week, Baltimore Ravens lineman John Urschel.

So why is an NFL player driving a used Nissan Versa he bought for $9,000?

“It’s great on gas. It’s surprisingly spacious,” Urschel explained to ESPN Ravens beat writer Jamison Hensley. “And you know what the best feeling is? You’re driving into a parking deck, it’s near full and you’re on the first level and there is that space that everyone has passed because they said, ‘No, we can’t park in there.’ And I take my Versa and I just go right in there. I’m on the first level, parking lot full and everyone else is parking on the upper deck where the car is getting hot. I’m not even taking the stairs.”

We’re still skeptical of how comfortable it actually is for someone who is 6-foot-3 and 308-pounds.

Urschel, of course, is an incredibly smart person, perhaps the smartest in the NFL. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State in just three years. He came back for his senior year, which he spent getting his master’s degree in mathematics.

As a fifth-round draft pick only the signing bonus of his $2.3 million deal is guaranteed, so he is trying to be frugal in case his NFL career doesn’t work out as planned. Which is really smart and refreshing on his part, and hopefully setting a good example for some of his younger teammates and rookies around the league.

It also shouldn’t come as a surprise, in a profile by Childs Walker of the Baltimore Sun, Urschel reveals he lives on $25,000 a year. He even got a roommate to share expenses.

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