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Old 11-02-2013, 10:04 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Ike348 View Post
Colin Kaepernick is one. I've seen enough memes of "Gets drafted by Cubs... Quits baseball for football... Leads team to Super Bowl"
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I can remember more than a few that were drafted that ended up playing a different sport.. Josh Booty was another one.

John Elway and Dan Marino were drafted and ended up playing football. Randy Poffo was a minor leaguer for the Cardinals.. You may or may not know him better as Randy Savage..

It does happen where a player will switch to another sport.. It just tends to be when they're in the minors.
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Chad Hutchinson, Drew Henson, and Brandon Weeden are three players who left baseball for football in the last decade or so.
Condrege Holloway played in the CFL and was a 1st round pick of the Expos.

I think the idea was good prospects who are actually playing baseball. Elway played 42 games in the minors. None of these guys were a surprise were they?
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