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A fundamental of attending a large university, such as Florida State, is attending sporting events and watching your peers perform on the field for entertainment. However, how do those peers perform off the field in their academic endeavors? Approximately 4% of a college’s student body perform in sports but fewer than 2% of all student athletes go on to play at a professional level (“NCAA Recruiting Facts”). All those other student athletes must use their education from college to start their career. In this paper I set out to discover the externalities of being a student athlete on their grades, whether it be positive or negative. The lifestyle for student athletes varies from sport to sport but overall has a positive effect on their education.