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Rinehart Returns to UNI to Pursue Master's Degree

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Chad Rinehart did what most football players dream of doing. He had a successful collegiate career, earning All-America and All-Conference recognition. He was drafted into the NFL and played in the league for seven years.

But Rinehart has another dream that he is pursuing this year as an unsigned free agent. A dream that stems back to when he walked the campus at UNI from 2003-07 while he completed his degree in sport psychology. And to achieve that dream, he has returned to that campus, to make that walk again.

"I am pursuing a master's in kinesiology," Rinehart said.