In 2016, the assembled media at Halas Hall met Ben Braunecker, an undrafted rookie tight end out of Harvard. When asked about a post-football career, which is what you ask of a Harvard grad when he enters the league, the molecular and cell biology major said he wanted to be an infectious disease doctor.

Its the brainiac, former Bears tight end Zach Miller said that spring. Infectiousdiseaseguy. So if we have any questions, I go straight to him. Were not shy. Weve already told him that, youre the guy that were coming to if we have questions. Hes working while hes not working. Hes playing football and hes working on his doctor stuff. Were waiting on Harvard shirts as a group. Thats kinda the perk of having the brainiac with us.

With the COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world, Braunecker has been fielding plenty of calls and texts from people in the NFL wanting to get his take. And why not how many football players...

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