"You don't really see that happening the other way." I think you do ... I think a large number of professional football players were college baseball players a

"You don't really see that happening the other way." I think you do ... I think a large number of professional football players were college baseball players and professional (baseball) prospects. One of the better known examples being John Elway: "Elway also excelled as a baseball player. He was selected by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft (52nd overall, six spots ahead of future Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn), and received $150,000 for playing for the Yankees' short season affiliate Oneonta Yankees in the New York–Penn League in the summer of 1982.[18] Yankees scout Gary Hughes believed that had Elway concentrated on baseball "the sky was the limit … he would've been off the charts"." I am also reminded of Antonio Gates who played for the San Diego Chargers but was a basketball player for Kent State University.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gates