Why three-time Super Bowl champion Andruzzi63 needed to finish his college degree after 20 years
In the basement of former New England Patriots lineman Joe Andruzzi's Massachusetts home is his sports memorabilia, including three Super Bowl rings. More than 20 years after he left school to join the NFL, he'll add proof of his academic success to the room with his college diploma.
Now a three-time Super Bowl champion, back in college he wasn't highly recruited and received no money to play football. It wasn't until his junior and senior year that his ability took off, which he credited to possibly being a"late bloomer." Only two classes shy of graduation, he had the opportunity to play football professionally and he took it.
Relocating back to Massachusetts, Andruzzi, who, at the time, had young kids with his wife, Jen, spent more than 50 days in the hospital battling cancer. He defeated the disease and remains cancer-free, although the diagnosis meant an end to his football career. Former New England Patriots player Joe Andruzzi stands at the podium as talks about the Bombing which occurred during this year's Boston Marathon in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 25, 2013, in New York City. On Monday, Andruzzi received his college diploma, more than 20 years after he started.
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