Tennessee's Joshua Dobbs balances an aerospace engineering major while trying to win the starting quarterback job
The “dumb athlete” stereotype does not apply to Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs.
The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Dobbs, who will be a sophomore next season, started four games for the Volunteers last season and is a part of a four-way competition for the starting job in 2014, but that’s not all that’s on Dobbs’ plate.
Dobbs is an aerospace engineering major, and in an interview with CBSSports’ Bruce Feldman, Dobbs detailed his rigorous coursework on top of his work on the football field and in the weight room. Impressive is an understatement.
Just this semester he is taking Materials Science and Engineering, Honors Physics of Engineers II, Honors Calculus III and Honors Cultural Anthropology. He’s also taking a yoga class to help with his flexibility.
This class schedule, plus offseason practice and workouts make means Dobbs is putting in a 17-hour work day Monday through Friday. In Dobbs’ own words, here’s what it looks like:
A typical day for the spring semester:
Dobbs told Feldman that he doesn’t think his demanding course load makes being a quarterback in the SEC any more difficult. In fact, he says his busy schedule has “helped (his) overall mental conditioning.”
Once the season and the fall semester rolls around, Dobbs will begin taking more classes closely associated with the aerospace engineering program. From taking advanced placement courses in high school, he already had close to 30 credits when he arrived at Tennessee, so he is well on his way to achieving his undergraduate degree early.
Dobbs is an extremely impressive young man, and the rest of the interview in which he details where his fascination with aerospace engineering originated and how he manages his schedule is well worth a read.
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