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5 NFL players who could have played a different professional sport
#3 - Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson played excellent defense at multiple positions on the baseball diamond in high school before settling in as a second baseman at NC State University. He played both football and baseball for three years before transferring to Wisconsin University, where he focused on just playing quarterback.
In the 2010 MLB Draft, Wilson was selected in the fourth round by the Colorado Rockies. He played for two years in their minor league system before being chosen by the Texas Rangers in the 2013 MLB Rule 5 Draft.
He was eventually traded to the New York Yankees in 2018 and they still currently own his rights if he were to leave the NFL and decide to return to baseball.
#2 - Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes was a top pitching prospect in high school, throwing a mid-90s fastball, and many scouts thought he would follow in the footsteps of his father, who had a successful MLB career.
Mahomes was drafted in the 37th round of the MLB Draft by the Detroit Tigers, but instead chose to attend Texas Tech to play football and baseball. Mahomes appeared in just one game as a freshman pitcher before leaving baseball to shift his full attention to being a quarterback.
#1 - Kyler Murray
Kyler Murray was a superstar in both football and baseball while attending Oklahoma University. He is so much of a standout player that he is the only athlete in sports history to ever be selected in the first round of both the MLB Draft as well as the NFL Draft.
Murray was on the fence about what he wanted to do moving forward and almost attended spring training with the Oakland Athletics.
After winning the Heisman Trophy and eventually being selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, he stuck with football instead.
