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Originally Posted by SirMichaelJordan
Quarterback have been the most common over the years.
Can’t say I’ve ever seen a Defensive lineman irl. Even Athletic Boo Jackson was a running back.
Btw Deon Sanders played Defensive Back/Wide Receiver.
But if there ever was a large football player who also played baseball and maybe was about 6’7 250, he would most likely be either a Tight End or a Linebacker but even at that weight he probably would be a quarterback if he had any kind of arm.
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Frank Thomas is probably the closest it gets in baseball. He was a tight end in college for Auburn before deciding on baseball instead. He's 6'5" and was 240 pounds during his MLB career.
I actually think OL/DL is not really a good position to put in OOTP, even if you're not going to have "minimum weight" type restrictions for the storyline. Linemen on both sides of the line have BMIs that are just plain not allowed in baseball until a player gets older. When a 22 year old baseball player comes out of college at that size, he's pretty much instantly dismissed. A good example of this is in the reverse, with Jeremy Brown, who of course was widely panned even though he played a position that didn't require speed and he did a lot of other things (especially drawing walks) really well (and he continued to draw walks in the minors, and even in Billy Beane's system he got a grand total of 10 at-bats in the major leagues).
Keep it with the "skill" positions, and at that probably defensive back or wide receiver, maybe quarterback. It would be kind of funny to see a guy quit baseball to become a kicker or a punter though, I have to admit...