“Think About Playing Both”: 2020 NFL Pro-Bowl Reveals He Still Wishes Of Playing in the MLB
NFL’s Eagles standout AJ Brown was a top recruit in baseball and football, and he joined Kyler Murray as a player to participate in the Under Armour All-America Football Game and the Under Armour All-America Baseball Game while still in high school.
A.J. Brown was a promising baseball player before breaking out as an NFL standout wide receiver. The San Diego Padres chose him in the 19th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft. And he claims that he is still debating, trying baseball. He was unable to play baseball at Ole Miss because of his signing with the Padres, but he was still qualified to play football.
A.J. Brown, a wide receiver, made a suggestion in January that he would be interested in playing both baseball and football professionally. Brown was serious when he said he wanted to go back to the diamond, it turns out.
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AJ Brown expresses interest in playing in both NFL and MLB
“I was dead serious,” Brown told DelawareOnline.com.
“[The Padres] had reached out to me. They were about to invite me to spring training. They were just waiting on an answer from me.”
AJ Brown is the 3rd highest graded WR in the NFL through 2 weeks.#Eagles pic.twitter.com/qKTxmbp3T1
— Thomas R. Petersen (@thomasrp93) September 23, 2022
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