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NFL stars who were drafted by a different professional sports team
#3 - Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes was both a top pitching prospect in baseball as well as a quarterback prospect while attending high school. Many scouts believed he would follow in his father's footsteps and pursue a professional baseball career, especially when he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers while still in high school.
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Mahomes declined to join the Tigers and instead chose to attend Texas Tech. He initially joined both the baseball and football teams, but pitched just one baseball game before leaving the team to fully commit his focus to being the best quarterback possible. It worked out well for him as he eventually signed the largest contract in NFL history.
#2 - Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson was an infielder in high school with elite defense and offensive upside, according to professional scouts. He decided to attend NC State University, where he excelled in baseball and was eventually selected by the Colorado Rockies in the 2010 MLB Draft. He played for two years in their minor league system before eventually landing with the New York Yankees.
The Yankees still owned Wilson's rights if he ever decided he wanted to return to professional baseball. Instead, he wanted to be a quarterback in the NFL, which is why he transferred to Wisconsin University to receive more playing time.
He was chosen in the fourth round as a speculative quarterback prospect, but ended up earning himself the starting job with the Seattle Seahawks as a rookie and never looked back.
#1 - Tom Brady
While Tom Brady has always wanted to be a quarterback in the NFL, he was once a highly rated baseball prospect. He played catcher at an elite level while attending high school where he received national recognition. He was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 1995 MLB Draft, but instead chose to attend the University of Michigan.
While in college, Brady focused all of his attention on football while pursuing a career as a quarterback, despite many scouts believing he was better suited for baseball.
Those scouts, as well as numerous NFL scouts, couldn't have been more wrong despite how Brady fell all the way to the sixth round of the draft. The quarterback was selected by a Patriots team in need of a backup to Drew Bledsoe. Bledsoe famously got injured during the 2001 NFL season, and the rest was history.
