Matt Birk might be best known for playing football for the Baltimore Ravens and the Minnesota Vikings. He reportedly earned a high score of 34 on the ACT test. He graduated from Harvard University with an economics degree. After his football career, he landed a Wall Street job. In 2014, he was selected as the Director of Football Development for the NFL. The pro-life activist was one of the smartest athletes selected by Sporting News. He publicly declared in 2014 that he plans to donate his brain to the Boston University School of Medicine so that they can do research into concussions.