The University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunner, Rashad Wisdom, has loved football since he began playing at the age of six. As a high school student, he was offered 13 college scholarships for his athletic excellence from several of the nation’s top schools, including Columbia University, Yale University, Cornell University, Boston College, and Tulane University. Ultimately, he proudly accepted a full-ride UTSA Athletics Scholarship provided by the Roadrunner Athletics Fund. Wisdom was specifically drawn to the home of the Roadrunners for both its DI athletics department and top ranking information systems and cybersecurity program in the UTSA Carlos Alvarez College of Business.

“I’ve been interested in cybersecurity since I was just a young kid playing video games, and now it’s incredible that I can earn my degree and also play on a DI football team in such a great city,” expressed Wisdom.
Currently a safety for Roadrunners Football, Wisdom describes football as a game of chess, where the calls he makes for his team have to be strategic and all of the players must be quick to think on their feet. With the mental and physical energy expended in football, along with his classes, life as a student-athlete is often grueling.

“Just the stress of everyday life can be overwhelming; even just trying to afford a living and buying food. And then you add the physical and mental exhaustion of football and passing our classes and it piles up,” said Wisdom.