After his junior season at Utah, 49ers left guard Zane Beadles shared his latest goal with his mom: He wanted to play in the NFL.
In response, she reminded her brawny son about his brains. He was a mechanical engineering major on his way to earning a postgraduate scholarship for classroom excellence.
“When he told me, the first words out of my mouth were ‘Why would you want to do that?’” Beadles’ mom, Jamie Legerski said. “He just looked at me like I was crazy. ‘Zane, you’re an engineer. ... You don’t need to do this to your body.