Rush graduated Cum Laude from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies and Business Management. Rush was a two-time captain of their football team at Cornell and an inductee to the 4.0 Breakfast Club. In 2014, He also earned the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award and the Jack Murphy "Big Play" Man of the Year Award. Outside of athletics, he was a prominent member of Cornell's Multi-Cultural Concert Funding Advisory Board while also finding time to host a show on Cornell Radio. Before joining Northwestern, Rush was initially an intern with the company. After a brief stint of playing Arena Football, he also spent time with the Community Capital Funding Group, helping small business owners secure debt and equity financing. Rush has been a perennial Million Dollar Round Table qualifier, and in 2022 was recognized by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors as one of Atlanta’s top advisors under the age of 40.